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TAKING A STAND The first reenactment of The Orangeburg Massacre Massacre See story on page 4

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TUTORIAL SERVICES (Spring 2010) ENGLISH / WRITING (150, 151, 250, 251)

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FREE H1N1 Vaccine Now Available to All South Carolinians The H1N1 (Swine Flu) vaccine is now available to all South Carolinians who want to receive it. H1N1 shots will be offered to all people, ages six months and older. DHEC clinics will continue to offer the H1N1 nasal mist vaccine to all healthy, non-pregnant South Carolinians between the ages of 2 to 49.

Clinics are also being offered in the following clinic locations for walk in and appointed clients.

• Mondays and Wednesdays – Holly Hill Health Department – 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.

• Wednesdays and Thursdays – Calhoun Health Department – 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.

• Thursdays – Bamberg Health Department – 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.

• Thursdays and Fridays – Orangeburg Health Department – 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.

• Mondays and Thursdays – Allendale Health Department – 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.

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CAMPUS NEWS The Collegian • MONDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Greeks Urged to Stay on the Yard

BY DERVEDIA THOMAS EDITOR IN CHIEF Pan Hellenic Greek organizations were urged to do whatever it takes to stay on the yard by Student Life Director Lillian Adderson.

The call was made at the Student Organizations meeting for advisers and executive leaders Jan 29.

Her comments came on the heels of [but not as a result of] intensive action taken by Greek organizations including Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc, who have decided to cease membership intake nationwide because of hazing.

The student life director discussed the link between active organizations and SC State’s recruitment and retention efforts as well as the seriousness of and consequences for hazing.

“We have a number of Pan Hell organizations off the yard,” she said. “That’s not a good thing for the university. We loose students; we can’t even get them to come because you are not on the yard; we want you on the yard.”

She continued by saying that Greeks must find a way to co-exist with the university. The way to do this, she explained, is to follow the rules, policies and everything the department of Student Life asks for.

“We have a zero tolerance for anything you should not be doing,” Adderson continued. “If we get wind of anything we are going to investigate, and if we have sufficient evidence that proves something, then we are going to take action.”

Both the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc as well as the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc, are inactive at SC State because of hazing allegations.

In 2009, conflict arose between the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc and the department of Student Life when the fraternity was accused of having a probate outside of the dates set by the department.

Image courtesy http://www.next-stop.com The organization maintained in an interview with The Collegian that they were following the guidelines set by their national organization and that they communicated their time line to Student Life officials.

Although the Alphas are currently inactive as a result of this discrepancy, Adderson said that all suspensions will be reviewed in 2011.

Captain Denise Padgett from SC State’s campus police spoke to the students and advisers gathered about hazing and the consequences for this action.

Padgett quoted South Carolina Hazing laws which explained that Hazing is the wrongful striking, laying open hand upon, threatening with violence, or offering to do bodily harm by a superior student to a subordinate student with intent to punish or injure the subordinate student, or other unauthorized

SGA Introduces Mr. Garnet and Blue

treatment by the superior student of a subordinate student of an abusive, shameful, insulting, or humiliating nature.

She went on to explain that not only is the act itself unlawful, failure to report hazing promptly or giving consent to be hazed constitutes unlawful behavior.

“According to the law, hazing is a criminal offence,” she said. “With these criminal acts, whether they be on campus or off campus, Campus Police will assist any jurisdiction if it involves our students to prosecute to the fullest.”

The National Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc, has taken drastic measures to deal with hazing. According to their January 1 Membership Intake Moratorium, the fraternity has ceased intake after reviewing their activities for 2009.

According to the moratorium, “the failure of some of our members to behave honorably and with care has exposed the fraternity again to unprecedented risks of loss.”

Adderson told The Collegian in a post-meeting interview that persons wishing to report hazing can contact Campus Police or speak with her directly.

She also indicated that students have to be willing to come forward so that proper evidence can be obtained.

All Pan Hellenic Greeks will be required to attend a mandatory Anti-Hazing training and dates for coming out shows will be during March 2 to 8.

At present, the only active Pan Hellenic Greek organizations are Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc; the latter reactivated their chapter in the spring of 2009 after having no active members for approximately four years.

SC State University CUNY’s 2010 Calendar & Curriculum Project The Collegian

BY LACREATCIA ADAMS STAFF WRITER SC State’s Student Senate did not approve the position of Mr. South Carolina State University, however, they compromised and have officially established in Article 5 of the SGA Constitution and By-Laws, that there will be a Mr. Garnet and Blue.

Mr. Garnet and Blue will be the permanent escort for Miss SC State which includes supporting her through her platforms, community service work, and speaking at events in which she has to be in attendance. He will receive an official wardrobe, a book scholarship in the amount of $800 or equivalent needed for the school year ($400 per semester).

Students wishing to run for the position will have to file an application through the SGA office and campaign. Alongside Mr. Garnet and Blue, will be a Mr. Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior.

They will also be permanent escorts for Miss Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior

This year, SC State University was among more than 100 public colleges and universities in all 50 states that contributed to the 2010 City University of New York’s (CUNY) calendar, website and curriculum project by sharing historic images and milestones from their own past.

Entitled “Investing in Futures: Public Higher Education in America,” the 2010 calendar project is the sixth such collabo-

ration, bringing together CUNY, the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives and The New York Times Knowledge Network, with support provided by founding sponsors JPMorgan Chase and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity AssociationCollege Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF).

SC State’s historic image,

which dates back to 1916, will appear in Feb. 2010, the month highlighting Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) in the United States.

The photograph depicts students at the Colored, Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina (now SC State University) in Orangeburg, S.C., operating a new electrical generator within the power plant of Industrial Hall.

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CAMPUS LIFE The Collegian • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Getting Ready to Take a Stand

BY DERVEDIA THOMAS EDITOR IN CHIEF The stage is set for the first reenactment of the Orangeburg Massacre by SC State’s Henderson Davis Players appropriately entitled “Taking a Stand.”

At the start of their rehearsals, the actors line up horizontally; their assistant director Wyleek Cummings chants their warm up song and they answer after him soulfully. “Everywhere we go, people want to know who we are, where we come from.

We are HD, and we’ve come to take a stand,” goes the chant.

The singing goes to fever pitch until the actors are hyped up, then one by one, Director Calhoun Cornwall calls them forth and they recite their monologues which humanize the distant characters that we know in theory.

With just a few days until show time, Cornwall who also wrote the script for the play says he can’t wait to see the crowd’s reaction.

“I’m not nervous,” he said “I’m very anxious, sometimes stressed. Now that it’s right round the corner, I am ready to get it on.”

Although Cornwall is a senior business management major born in Orangeburg and raised in Columbia, SC, he has been an active member of the Henderson Davis players acting, writing and directing plays like Flash into the Past, Midnight Madness and The 90’s Throwback show.

The cast fasted for three days in memory of the three slain students; Henry Smith, Samuel Hammond and Delano Middleton. Cornwall says

Photo by Charlotte Collins/Student Media chief photographer The cast of “Taking a Stand” in SC State’s bowling alley this effort has produced several blessings including an hour on a radio talk show to promote the play, free microphones, a live skit on WIS on Tuesday 2, at 5pm and even the opportunity to perform in Jacksonville, FL. Junior professional drama major from Charlotte, NC plays Henry Smith. He says he feels honored because Smith was someone that people looked up to.

“Playing this role, it was very tough getting into character,” he said. “Henry Smith was a sophomore student from Marion, SC, who was one of the students killed in the Orangeburg Massacre. He believed in standing up

Photo by Charlotte Collins/Student Media chief photographer L-R SGA President Zachary Middleton playing Delano Middleton, Lawrence Nelson playing Samuel Hammond and Charlie Jones III playing Henry Smith

for what was right and I believe if you come and see the play you will really see who Henry Smith is.”

The play was the brainchild of both Cornwall and Student Government Association President Zachary Middleton who plays his great uncle Delano Middleton; the youngest student to be killed in the Massacre.

When asked how he felt about his role, Middleton described the feeling as overwhelming. He also explained that it is a great opportunity for the student body to understand what really happened.

“Its about education more than anything else” he said. “Education does not only occur in the classroom, it also occurs in plays like this and other outside events, so I think this is an incredible event for [the department of] Student Life and leadership as well as the Student Government Association, because not only are we raising the student education level, were also raising funds for the social mobility scholarships.”

The 42nd Commemoration of the Orangeburg Massacre will begin with a week of activities starting with a showing of Scarred Justice – The Orangeburg Massacre movie on Monday, a campus bowling night on Tuesday, a spoken word competition on Wednesday, all leading up to the opening of the stage play on Feb 4 that wll run till the Feb 6.

See back page for ticket information.

The Standback Presents 20th Century Masters The Collegian Original work from internationally renowned artists such as Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Mildred Thompson, Romare Bearden, and Salvador Dali just to name a few, will be featured in SC State’s I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium’s (The Stanback) Twentieth Century Masters from the Cochran Collection.

The opening reception will be on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 at 6 p.m.

Twentieth Century Masters from the Cochran Collection will be on display through Thursday, July 1, 2010.

This is the first time that the Twentieth Century Masters from the Cochran Collection is being exhibited in all of its diversity, without ethnic differentiation.

The collection is the brain child of Wes and Missy Cochran. Wes will serve on the I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium’s Advisory Board.

They are devoted art collectors with a passion for art rivaling artists and collectors. Wes learned about art from his avid art collector uncle, William May, referred to by Wes as “Sir William.” Wes is a stone mason by trade, and Missy is a retired school teacher. They reside in La Grange, Ga., where they opened an art gallery

to assist with the La Grange Museum, located in La Grange, Ga., in an effort to continue to purchase art with all of their resources.

“Their friendship and support has enabled The Stanback to produce an exhibition of rare and extraordinary quality, usually seen only in major museums in large cities,” said Ellen Zisholtz, director and curator of The Stanback.

The late Mildred Thompson, artist and former assistant editor of Art Papers, wrote in her description of the Cochran Collection, “these works are a profound documentation of the 20th Century’s social and cultural scene. The selections chosen for the Twentieth Century Masters from the

Cochran Collection are reflections of the last half of the last century and manage to point toward what we might expect in and from the art world in this millennium,” said Thompson.

“The pop, African-American, abstract, representational, realist, non-representational and female artists in Twentieth Century Masters from the Cochran Collection portray overall attitudes, definitions, divisions and directions. These are some of the factors making Twentieth Century Masters from the Cochran Collection one of the most significant private art collections in the United States today,” she continued.

The accompanying planetarium show will be introduced by Wes Co-

chran who will share his experiences as an art collector. The planetarium show, In the Mind’s Eye: Illusion and Art, will highlight select works of art from Twentieth Century Masters from the Cochran Collection presented by Dr. Elizabeth Mayo, the Stanback’s planetarium manager. In the Mind’s Eye: Illusion and Art, will explore the use of illusion in artistic expression and imagery, and showcases artists who employ this amazing technique in their works.

On Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, The Stanback will also open the accompanying exhibition, Remembering the Rosenwald Schools, celebrating two additional Twentieth Century Masters Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish immigrant from Germany, and Booker T. Washington, a former enslaved American.

This exhibition will be located in the Educators Resource Center and will feature images and artifacts from former Rosenwald schools in South Carolina.

For additional information about the I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium’s Spring Exhibition Opening, contact Ellen Zisholtz at (803)5367174, or Ingrid Owens, program manager, at (803)536-8329.

RANDOM BULLDOG # 2 Tiffany Jones

By Anthony Brooking Staff Writer Major: Mechanical Engineering Classification: Junior Hometown: Largo, MD The Collegian: What is your favorite vegetable?

Tiffany Jones: Peas TC: If you could invent something for the betterment of society, what would it be?

TJ: More money, even though that’s not an invention.

TC: If you life was a movie, what would the action scene be?

TJ: Nothing. Nothing at all.

TC: Do black people blame slavery too much for their current condition?

TJ: I think so.

channel?

TJ: TV Land; because the Cosby’s on there.

TC: How does America view education?

TJ: I guess they try to say black people really do not have education.

TC: Should students off campus be allowed to have food stamps?

TJ: I guess…I don’t even know the whole thing about food stamps. I know it’s for food, but I don’t get the whole concept.

TC: What is your favorite television

TC: Does rap music hurt of help black

people?

TJ: Both.

TC: Are you a Dallas Cowboys fan?

TJ: NO!!!

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NATION & WORLD The Collegian • MONDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2010

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By the numbers: Haiti’s needs

By Associated Press FOOD: The U.N. World Food Program estimates that 2 million Haitians will require regular food aid

SHELTER: An estimated 1 million homeless people need to be housed temporarily in 200,000 tents, but only 2,000 tents have been distributed so far, the International Organization for Migration says. About 51,000 tents are expected in Haiti in the coming days.

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until December. It reports having reached 600,000 people with 5.4 million rations, equivalent to 16 million meals. Seventy-five trucks are heading to Haiti from the Dominican Republic to distribute food to a wider area, and the first seaborne landing craft came ashore with 1,000 metric tons of food.

WATER AND SANITATION: Distribution and storage capacity for water remains limited, the United Nations says. Water is reaching more than 300,000 people through 133 distribution points in Port-auPrince, says the Pan American Health Organization. Sanitation in camps for the homeless remains a major concern.

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Two first-generation Haitian Americans with ties to N.C. Central University are struggling to come to grips with the scope of the tragedy.

Haiti is a poor country; more than 50 percent of its citizens live on less than one dollar a day.

Rony Camille is an NCCU alumnus who graduated in 2007. Camille first heard that an earthquake had struck Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12 while at work at his job as media program director for Tyngsborough, Mass.

“It was horrible. My mom is one of 10 kids and I have very few immediate family members here in the U.S. and the rest live in Haiti,” he said. Camille chose not to listen to warnings and flew to the Dominican Republic, then took the bus from the Dominican Republic into Haiti.

“I was scared. At one point I lost it. I thought we were going to die,” he said, referring to when he crossed into Haiti. He said the roads were so bad that the bus was about to tip into a lake.

“People are sleeping on the streets in tents.” Prices have been raised on food and other resources, according to Camille. Exchanging Dominican pesos for the Haitian gourde was “twice the amount as usual. Many buildings are gone,” he said.

“My biggest fear is the aftermath. This country has gone through a lot. This is worse than 911, Katrina and the tsunami.” “This is a country that doesn’t have infrastructure. There is no food or water,” he said.

On a more positive note, Camille said, “They are in high spirits ... and people are being civilized.”Camille returned from Haiti yesterday with news that his cousin died in a collapsed office building, but that the rest of his family survived.

He described the situation as “really bad.”

Mass communication junior Natasha Gordon was also in the dark about Photo courtesy her family’s situation in Haiti. www.blackcollegewire.org “We couldn’t get in contact with any family until this past Friday,” she NCCU alumnus Rony Camille said.

We couldn’t get in contact with any family until this past Friday,” she said. “It was also about the orphans we are responsible for,” she said, explaining that her parents operate two orphanages that care for 45 children. “Thankfully there weren’t any casualties.”

Gordon said one orphanage had minor damages, but the other is “completely gone.”

Gordon, who plans to fly to Haiti next month, said it’s important that students help out. “My goal is to start fund raising as soon as possible.” Gordon is working with Duke University’s Haitian Student Association and with NCCU’s student organizations to get support for Haiti. Friday.

Gordon is working with Duke University’s Haitian Student Association and with NCCU’s student organizations to get support for Haiti.

The Student Government Association has called an emergency council meeting for January 22 to bring presidents of all campus organizations together to come up with ideas on how to help Haiti. Gordon’s biggest fear is the number of bodies and where they are going to be buried. “The clean water supply will be infected by the amount of bodies,” she said.

Both Gordon and Camille are confident that Haiti will make it through this latest hardship.

“This country has gone through a lot -- hurricanes, wars, and now an earthquake,” said Camille, who described Haiti as a country of survivors.

Gordon and Camille also are proud of the way Americans have responded to the Haitian disaster.

“This is one of the things I love about America. Most Americans do not let culture and races divide us,” Gordon said.

“It’s amazing,” Camille said. “People spread the word really fast. People are being so kind and caring, but there is more that needs to be done. More! More! More! needs to be done.”

Recent United Nations projections estimate that the death toll may reach 200,000. Currently, more than one million Haitians are homeless.

Gordon’s non-profit, Harmony of the Divine Light, can be reached at (754) 205-0580 or (954) 559-2170, or by e-mail at hodlc@aol.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Jamese Slade writes for the Campus Echo, the North Carolina Central University student newspaper, which originally published a version of this article.

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NCCU Connects With Haiti

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Boyd from Florida, Rep. Jim Cooper from Tennessee and several others are not following the party line, but instead helping the Republican Party on several key issues.

Along with conservatives voting against their own party, republicans are very united in their disapproval of this democrat heavy government.

But the greatest weapons against Democrats aren’t conservatives or republicans; it’s a political scheme that’s flawed to the very core.

One way to compare the Democrats and Republicans is to look back to the past, specifically Photo courtesy www.whitehouse.gov World War II. Democrats are trying their best to President Barack Obama in the midst of the State of the “change” the country and bring everybody into the Union address Jan 27,2010. fold. Republicans want the same thing, only under the elephant instead of the donkey. Normally that

By Nkosi Kennedy wouldn’t be a problem, except that the democrats Sports Editor & Staff writer are basically letting the republicans accomplish this.

After president Obama’s state of the union The republican’s attitude isn’t one of compromise, address, the immediate reaction from most people but of total domination of the senate like the Nazi’s was mixed. If you‘re a democrat, you loved the were of the world. While the Democrats are acting speech for its passion and intelligent arguments. like the allies before the invasion of Poland; trying You felt this was the man that could get the people to avoid conflict through reason and logic, afraid to through this economic crisis. Everybody loved throw the first punch. this state of the union address; everyone who isn’t It’s in this area where president Obama’s state of a republican. the union address made the most impact. In his The biggest highlight of the night however, wasn’t address, he finally showed that he understood the policy or initiatives, it was attitude. This past week current political atmosphere and was ready for it. we saw a hint of things to come, and hopefully it’s Obama spoke with the conviction of a man who not an apparition. realized that you can’t please or help everybody.

Over the past year, the Democratic Party has He didn’t shy away from criticism; rather he possessed an edge in every conceivable political acknowledged it and moved on. area except attitude. They hold a majority vote Through himself he set the tone for the next year. not only in the House of Representatives but in Obama stood in front of the country and showed congress as well. Also, the democrats have public he is no longer afraid of not being popular, only of support along with the president’s personal vote of hurting this nation further. confidence.

There is still hope for this party to pull itself out of With all these things said, all bills should be the mess it has brought upon its own heads. Simply passed. But, it’s in this capacity where perception put, the Democrats just need to throw their weight and reality are far from the same. around and get things done.

Firstly, the democrats would really have the The President called on his fellow colleagues majority if they were united under one banner. to stop being friends and not be afraid to make Several conservative democrats like Rep. Allan enemies. Let’s hope his party got the message.

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(AP) NELSONVILLE, Ohio - An attacker could find many places to hide at Hocking College, a campus carved into a forest in the Appalachian foothills. And with the threat of a mass killing looming over black students at the community college, Allen Edwards is steering clear of the trees.

“I don’t feel too safe walking by the woods,” said Edwards, a 19-year-old black student from Canton.

“There’s woods everywhere. And somebody could be out in them, and I don’t know.”

The FBI is investigating a threat scrawled last week on a bathroom wall warning that black students would be killed Feb. 2. It bore the trademarks of just another casual — though chilling — threat of violence on a college campus, but students here aren’t taking any chances.

At least two black students have withdrawn permanently from school out of fear for their safety, and another dozen have moved out of the dorm where the threat was found, officials at the two-year technical college said. Some students seem unperturbed, but others say the threat has brought simmering racial tensions to the surface.

The school confirmed Tuesday that the threat said black students would be killed Feb. 2. At least one subsequent note reading “kill the n------” was reported.

Hocking covers hundreds of densely treed acres in the Wayne National Forest about 60 miles southeast of Columbus. The campus overwhelms Nelsonville, an economically depressed rural town plagued with heroin addiction and unemployment. About 400 of the school’s 6,300 students are black, many of whom are foreign exchange students from the Caribbean.

The college has provided temporary housing for students who are too scared to stay in Hocking Heights, the dorm where the threats were found. And for those wary of venturing outside until after Feb. 2, teachers are making allowances for missed class work.

Since the first threat was discovered Friday, the school has installed more security cameras in dorms and beefed up foot patrols. A $5,000 reward is being offered, and extra counselors are on hand.

Campus spokeswoman Judy Sinnott said that she had not heard previous complaints of racist taunting, but that on a small campus, anything can happen.

“Any time that there are young people, you know, there’s going to be tension,” Sinnott said. “Young people will be young people.”

Edwards lives on the second-floor hallway of Hocking Heights, a few doors down from the two black students who abruptly quit. He’s contemplating leaving, too, but hasn’t decided.

Edwards said he has seen racist comments written on the same bathroom wall in the past but didn’t let it bother him. But two days after the first threat was found, he saw the second on the bathroom wall and reported it to campus police.

“I’m not sure how to feel,” he said. “I’m just going to see how everything plays out.”

Another resident of the second floor, Amelinda Marengo, sat on her bed and said that even though the threat doesn’t include her, she is still afraid.

Marengo, who is half Puerto Rican, said she and her black roommate endured racist taunts in the cafeteria on several occasions last year. Her roommate declined to be interviewed.

“We’d be sitting at a lunch table and some guys would be sitting across the room, and they’d be screaming, like, ‘n----- lover’ across the table,” Marengo said. “I had enough of it one day and I got up and I just started yelling at them and telling them, like, ‘There is no reason for you to treat someone like that.’”

About a year ago, Marengo said, a male friend led her into the second-floor men’s bathroom and showed her racist comments on the wall, including a drawing of what she called a “hangman.”

It wasn’t clear whether the Feb. 2 date held any significance for the campus. FBI agent Mike Brooks in Cincinnati said he could not comment.

It’s not the first time racial threats — usually found to be hollow — have interrupted life at a college. Officials at St. Xavier University in Chicago shut down the campus in 2008 when threatening messages were found scrawled in the bathroom of a freshman dorm, and in 2006 a black woman pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after threatening letters to minorities at her former college led officials to move dozens of students for a night.

But the threat at Hocking, with its racially tense environment, is sending ripples through the area.

Students and faculty members at Ohio University in nearby Athens are also on alert. Short of stationing police officers in the woods — which Hocking lacks the manpower to do — officials there say vigilance remains the best defense.

Students rushed to classes Tuesday as an icy wind blew snow flurries through the trees. Disturbing rumors floated, including a claim — later determined to be false — that nooses had been found in the woods.

Some students, all of them white, admitted they had heard racist comments on campus before, but said those attitudes are confined to just a handful of people.

But many of them, like 19-year-old Jacob Taylor, didn’t understand what all the fuss was about.

“It was just some person being ignorant,” he said, and headed upstairs to his room in Hocking Heights.

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The Collegian • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Ask Lorpu:

“My girlfriend does not want to have sex as often as before”

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My girlfriend and I have been in a relationship for a while, but things are starting to fall off.

In the beginning of the relationship we would regularly have sex, but now it seems like she does not want to have sex as often as before. I believe my sex drive is much higher than hers; what should I do?

Wow! I am sorry to have to say this but my first thought is that maybe she is jaded. Another idea is that maybe she does not want you to become bored with her, therefore in an attempt to prevent this; she tries to hold back every now and then. One of the most important things to remember in a long term relationship is that it is essential to keep things fresh. Maybe she wants you to make an effort to do something new. Often times as people enter a new relationship they want to be around their significant other at all times, and may do just about anything to make their partner content; but after being together for a while, things begin to dwindle because the relationship is no longer innovative. I hope that sex is not the only thing you all have in common; if this is so, this may be the end off your relationship. If you genuinely like this lady it is very important that you put in the effort. It is necessary that you talk to her about your feeling letting her know that your sex life is a concern of yours. At the end of it all you should remember that it is her body therefore she is allowed to say no whenever she wants.

Orangeburg Strays

By Anthony Brooking Staff Writer Twice in the last 12 months, I’ve encountered a lifeless kitten beside my car; unfortunately I might have backed over them. My conscious has become scarred for the rest of my life. One of the felines in particular, had a quite a questionable death. Even though it lay beside my vehicle, it was at an angle in which I could not have run over it.

I waited weeks for Orangeburg animal control to ride through. Never happened. Disgustingly, I had to scrape it up in one of my mother’s old pots and carry it to the church dumpster across the street. I pray that they didn’t mistake a flattened, frozen, lifeless cat in an old, rusty, black pot beside a pair of yellow gloves as any satanic symbol.

With all of the stray cats and dogs plaguing Orangeburg some sort of city funded animal control should be patrolling the streets. Where is animal control?

The only place to point the finger is towards the individuals voted into positions to run

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the City of Orangeburg.

Isn’t city cleanliness on their agenda? Outside my residence is not the only place where I see strays; they are in the neighborhood, at my job, along the sides of 601 (often strolling through oncoming traffic). Everywhere!

Strays are making Orangeburg appear unkempt.

I am an Orangeburg resident and I’m tired of tripping over dead cats when I get out of my car.

Let it not be mistaken. I was born and raised in Prince Georges County, Maryland and upon graduation I plan on returning to the place of my birth. But for now, I’m a local. As a local I am tired of seeing these animals that eventually evolve into road kill; road kill that takes months to clean. Most of the time the dual threat of weather and unforgiving tires cause the pancaked pet to be absorbed into the concrete.

Why aren’t the streets of Orangeburg cleaned properly?

Even after automobile accidents, the wreckage becomes part of the street. There was an accident around a year and a half ago at the intersection of Chestnut St. and St. Matthews Rd. in which the wreckage was not cleaned properly. To this day, the debris is still visible.

Now as for the strays, I have never heard of an attack on anyone. As my friend Terry used to say, “The strays down here ain’t like the ones back home. These ones act like they more scared of you than you are of them.” During my good ol’ days of my freshman year, I used to walk EVERYWHERE; and ironically I never remember coming across a stray in the community (although there were a clan of four dogs outside my window at Bethea Hall one early morning which were escorted off campus by university police).

The City of Orangeburg needs to do something about this problem.

Is it because of a slack city budget? Or are funds inappropriately distributed (could one less slide at the new water park mean 30 less strays in the community?)

Orangeburg is a gold mine of education with three colleges within a three mile radius, but minor issues such as this cause the city not to have its intellectual potential fully realized. Hopefully this problem will be fixed before I receive my degree. If not, it’s up to the residents of Orangeburg to demand that their needs are met.

It might be too late to save my conscious from the fact that I’ve taken two lives. Poor baby cats. But it’s not too late for Orangeburg.

‘Why Did I Get Married?’

By Jasmine Kelsey Black College Wire

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During our college years, we all start small paths that lead to big lives full of adventure and lasting history. We all become authors of our own books as we move forward in our journey.

A majority of students join sororities and fraternities adapting to brotherhood and sisterhood.

Many others find reputations through education, open career opportunities and school activities or organizations. Some jump ahead of others, growing families, paying bills and maintaining jobs.

But only a few bring along life-companions through their college episodes. I’m a student who will finish school in holy matrimony. I ultimately joined forces with the man I’d been with since high school.

For many, marriage is an unpredictable stepping stone to hop on. In June 2006, I chose to take a leap at faith and get married. I was 20 years old and going through a phase where my first instinct was the best. Before I knew it, I was a working, married college student facing challenges back and forth with my husband, co-workers and peers. Often, I’m asked the million-dollar question: “Why did I get married?”

It seems today that marriage is quick games to some, while others stay in it until death. Marriage to me is a stronger relationship between two people that includes better understandings and a well-built commitment. It can stem from a long-lasting relationship or true love and it can all fall apart from miscommunication, finances and infidelity.

It’s always best to know where you are going with yourself before you decide to carry on life with anyone else. When we first decided to get married, we took the time to find out exactly what we wanted to do with our lives.

Unfortunately, we learned that it was rather tough creating the perfect life as long as we faced minor problems and hardships. We also learned that it does take time, the ability to focus and harmony in order to break through challenges and endure a balanced happy marriage.

Sometimes I think crazy thoughts about my marriage and feel as though I should be getting paid for being married. While I am a full-time student, assistant to school organizations and full time employee, I am also a woman who has to go along with her husband throughout the day and at home. It gets overwhelming at times, but at the end of the day, I rest happy.

Many people think that I was too young to get married. I never thought about my age when I decided to get married. Instead, I thought about my future. I have not missed anything that some people assumed I would be missing if I got married at the age 20.

My husband and I still live our lives the same was most young adults live. The only thing different is that we wake up together. As of now, we are working toward our future goals and making plans to make a major move in life soon.

Marriage is a one-stop life decision that should be taken seriously. It’s not a contract that should be broken when one feels that he wants out. It should be thought about and not rushed into.

Being married has been an adventure for me. It enhanced my mind to understand men and women on different levels and to view all types of relationships.

Although I chose to get married at a young age, I don’t regret it or find it to be a ‘scary life decision’, as some would refer to it. I do, though, find it hard at times and wish I had easier resolutions to my relationship and life itself.

But what relationship doesn’t go through problems at times?

Jasmine Kelsey was the editor of The Courtbouillon, the Dillard University student newspaper, which originally published this article.

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The Collegian • MONDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2010

WHO DAT IN MIAMI!!!!

By JOSHUA LEVELL CONTRIBUTOR

Photo and caption courtesy www.ihavenet.com Drew Brees - Best NFL Quarterback Since 2006

The New Orleans Saints have done the unthinkable…risen from obscurity to within one game of holding up the Vince Lombardi Trophy as Super Bowl champions, the first time since the start of the franchise in 1967.

The Saints have been steamrolling their way through the NFL all season, as well as their worthy opponents, the Indianapolis Colts.

Their 13-game winning streak was snapped

by Dallas and followed by losses to Tampa Bay and Carolina could have derailed their focus and broke their spirits.

But nevertheless, the Saints prevailed after the bye in a 45-14 rout of the NFC representatives in last year’s Super Bowl the Arizona Cardinals.

The Saints then set their eyes on the 40 something gunslinger Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings. The game was somewhat of a dogfight, and due to many turnovers and miscues by the Vikings’ offense, the Saints prevailed 31-28.

Now, this team has their sights set on New Orleans natives Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne and the AFC Champion Indianapolis Colts.

One reason for the Saints’ extraordinary run this season has been the play of their All-Pro QB Drew Brees. Brees has thrown for more than 4,000+ yards this season with 34 touchdowns and just 11 interceptions.

He is the leader of the high powered Saint offense and the face of the franchise; he has played effectively the entire season.

With three losses he still managed to keep his

Beat LA? Not this time for Celtics BOSTON (AP)—The Los Angeles Lakers are doing their best to forget all those awful memories of playing in the Boston Garden.

Kobe Bryant(notes) sank the go-ahead basket with 7.3 seconds left, and the Lakers won 90-89 on Sunday for their third consecutive victory over the struggling Celtics. Boston has not been able to make good on the traditional “Beat L.A.!” chant since winning 131-92 to clinch the 2008 NBA championship here in Game 6 of the finals.

“They smacked us two years ago,” Lakers forward Lamar Odom(notes) said. “It was a big Photo and caption by the Associated Press game for us. This a team that’s Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant(notes) (24) going to be battling to be coming is fouled under the net as Boston Celtics’ Ray out of the East.”

Allen(notes), bottom left, Kevin Garnett(notes), Winners of 32 NBA titles beleft, and Kendrick Perkins(notes) (43) defend tween them—including the last during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball two—the Lakers and Celtics have game, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, in Boston. The met in the finals 11 times, from Lakers won 90-89.

Bill Russell against Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain, to Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird and on to the current matchup of Bryant facing the New Big Three of Kevin Garnett(notes), Paul Pierce(notes) and Ray Allen(notes).

But while the Lakers’ superstar came through in the stretch for them, Boston’s couldn’t.

The Celtics led by as many as 11 points in the fourth quarter and nursed a one-point lead until Pierce was called for an offensive foul for pushing off as he jumped to shoot with 28 seconds left.

“At that point, I think it’s got to be unbelievable, but I didn’t see it so I really can’t give an opinion on it,” Boston coach Doc Rivers said. “You know, I do know Kobe pushes off a lot.”

Bryant complained of a stiff ankle after Friday night’s win in Philadelphia, and it seemed to bother him during the game. He shot just 8 for 20 but made the big one: making a move toward the basket before stepping back from Allen’s defense and swishing the ball through the net to give Los Angeles its only lead of the second half.

“He had a couple of looks before that were good looks, and he didn’t put them in. We were mystified by that,” said Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who tied Pat Riley atop the franchise coaching list with his 533rd win in Los Angeles. “He told me the next one was going to go in, so we went with him.”

Bryant finished with 19, Andrew Bynum(notes) had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Pau Gasol(notes) had 11 points and 11 boards for the Lakers, who won their fourth consecutive game.

Rajon Rondo(notes) had 21 points and 12 assists for the Celtics, who have lost six of their last eight games.

Pierce scored 15, Garnett had 10 with nine rebounds and Kendrick Perkins(notes) finished with eight points and 10 boards for the Celtics, who were coming off losses to Orlando and Atlanta—two of the top four teams in the Eastern Conference—that left them at 6-10 since beating the Magic on Christmas Day. “It’s nothing to be happy about, I’ll tell you that,” Garnett said. “We haven’t been producing wins, but we’re a hardworking group.”

Garnett missed 10 of those games with a hyperextended right knee, and Boston was 4-6 without him. But Garnett’s return hasn’t solved all the Celtics’ problems.

The Celtics led 81-70 before the Lakers made the next four baskets. Rasheed Wallace(notes) hit a 3-pointer—his only basket of the game—to stop the run, and it was still a three-point game with less than two minutes left when Bryant hit a pair of free throws to make it 87-86.

Allen hit a pair of free throws, then Ron Artest(notes) sank a runner in the lane to make it 89-88. The Celtics got the ball to Pierce, who created a little too much space for himself, negating the basket.

“I thought I made a good move. I got to my sweet spot,” Pierce said. “I guess the ref saw it differently and he made the call. That’s part of the game. That’s why you have referees.”

Allen’s 3-point attempt at the final buzzer bounced harmlessly off the rim.

“Ten times out of 10 times, when you have Ray open like that I’m going to give him the ball,” Pierce said. “He got a good look at it. Sometimes it falls; sometimes it doesn’t.”

The Celtics fell behind 22-10 in the first quarter, when Bynum scored 12 points, and trailed 40-34 midway through the second before scoring the next 15 points. Rondo had nine points and eight assists in the quarter and was in double digits in both by halftime.

NOTES: Garnett finished the game with 21,773 career points, 18 behind Larry Bird for 24th on the NBA scoring list. … Bryant is 28 points behind Jerry West for No. 1 on the Lakers’ all-time list. … Wallace and Gasol picked up technical fouls late in the first. It’s Wallace’s 14th for the season; 16 is an automatic suspension. … The Lakers outscored Boston on points in the paint 18-0 in the fourth quarter. … Allen was 2 for 10 from the field.

team together and get them to Miami for the Super Bowl. Brees will utilize that leadership against a Colts defense led by Dwight Freeney, Robert Mathis and Clint Session on Feb. 7.

The Saints defense has taken criticism with grains of salt this season. The defense has kept the team in close games and came up big when needed. Giving up a combined 23 points in each of their three losses, the Saint defense has been led by the play of Jonathan Vilma and Darren Sharper.

Sharper, who took third place in this year’s Defensive Player of the Year voting, has led this defense with momentum changing interceptions all season long.

This defense is sure to come up big against Manning and the Colts in Miami.

This Saints team has not only shocked the football world, but revived a city with a strong heartbeat. While the criticism and the losing seasons have plagued them, the Who Dat Nation has been behind this team the whole time.

Now the fans and the team are riding this super bowl wave together.

From a season where fans wore bags on their heads, to a spending a season away from New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, to retuning to the Superdome and winning the NFC South title, before losing to the Chicago Bears, this team is one to have earned and deserves the chance to play for the league title.

I believe in the New Orleans Saints…do you?

WHO DAT!!!!!!!!!

Second Day of Dick Taylor Carolina Track & Field Classic Cancelled

By SC State Sports Information Chapel Hill, NC—The second day of the Dick Taylor Carolina Track & Field Classic was cancelled due to inclement weather. The meet, which was scheduled for Friday-Saturday, Jan. 29-30, was hosted by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill at the Dick Taylor Track -Eddie Smith Field House on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill.

Both Bulldog track and field teams fared well in the shortened meet which was contested on Friday, Jan. 29.

On the women’s side, Shantrell Jenkins and Arnetra Frazier placed first and fourth in the 60 meter dash with times of 7.47 and 7.68 respectively. Jasmine Smith finished second in the triple jump with a distance of 12.38 meters (40-07.50) and Andranette Moss finished third in the 500 meters in a time of 1:19.23. Tamala Daley continued to jump consistently as she finished third in the triple jump with a distance of 12.12 meters (39-09.25).

The top finisher on the men’s side was Marcus Stephens who won the triple jump and finished ninth in the 60 meter dash with a distance of 15.31 meters (50-02.75) and a time of 6.94 respectively.

Chris Ward was also a top five finisher as he placed fourth in the 300 meter dash with a time of 35.31.

Both Bulldog Track & Field Teams will return to action in two weeks when they head to Landover, Md. for the 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championships Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 11-13, 2010.

SC State Holds Off Bethune-Cookman 58-55 In Pivotal MEAC Showdown

By SC State Sports Information DAYTONA BEACH, FL—Junior guard Tyvon Williams tossed in 13 points and grabbed five Jr., Tyvon Williams steals, while senior Jason Flagler and junior Carrio Bennett chipped in 10 each to hold off Bethune-Cookman 58-55 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play Saturday.

Coach Tim Carter’s improved to 10-8 overall, 4-3 in the league, while Bethune-Cookman dropped to 12-9 overall, 5-3 in the MEAC. “It was a great win for us on the road against a very good Wildcat team”, said SC State head coach Tim Carter.” These guys are well coach and very disciplined and don’t make many mistakes.”

Bethune-Cookman was led in scoring by Albert Abrahams with 15 points and eight rebounds, while C.J Reed tossed in 14 in the loss.

A jumper at the 10:26 mark by Albert Abrahams put the Wildcats ahead by eight, 21-13. A 3-pointer by Kevin Dukes extended the lead 11, 29-18 with 5:45 left in the first half. Senior guard/forward Jason Flagler nailed a pair of free-throws, followed by a 3-pointer by JUCO transfer Tyvon Williams cut the lead to four, 30-26 with 2:03 left.

Bethune-Cookman’s C.J. Reed made a layup with 0:39 seconds left to close out the first half. The Wildcats led 32-26.

The Wildcats continue to building off a seven point lead, 35-27 on a layup by Alexander Starling at the 18:44 mark. The Bulldogs finally found their rhythm in the second-half cutting the lead to three, 39-36 off a 3pointer by Carrio Bennett.

Jason Flagler hit a 15-foot jumper with 8:03 left in the game to give the Bulldogs there first lead of the night 45-41. A tip-in by Aresenio Williams increased the lead to six, 50-44 with under 6:36 left in the contest.

C.J Reed’s 3-pointer cut the lead to two, 52-50 at the 4:02 mark. SC State hit a few free-throws down the stretch to hold on to a 58-55 victory over MEAC foe Bethune-Cookman.

Carter, stated “They are a very good perimeter shooting team so we had our hands full on the evening.” Abrahams did a good job for them on the inside getting second chance rebounds and we were fortunate to come away with the win.”

South Carolina State will return to action on Monday against Florida A&M in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference doubleheader to be airedlived on ESPNU. The women’s contest tip-off ’s off at 5:30 p.m., followed by the men’s at 9 p.m.

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Beyoncé wins 6 Grammys a record for women (AP) Beyoncé made history at the Grammys on Sunday as she collected six trophies, including song of the year for her anthem “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” making her the most decorated woman in one night in the 52-year history of the awards show.

The entertainer won her sixth trophy with best female pop vocal for her soaring ballad “Halo.”

Beyoncé, who won five Grammys in 2004 on the strength of her debut album, “Dangerously in Love,” is the first to reach that mark twice.

She won the song writing trophy along with three writers for her omnipresent anthem “Single Ladies Beyoncé accepts the Grammy (Put a Ring on It).” The superstar also won best for best female pop vocal for R&B contemporary album for “I Am ... Sasha Fierce” “Halo.” among her other awards.

Photo: Matt Sayles / AP Taylor Swift, who was second to Beyoncé in Grammy nominations with eight nods, took home the night’s biggest prize, album of the year, for her best-selling CD “Fearless.” She also won three early awards, including best country album.

Lady Gaga, who won two Grammys during the pretelecast ceremony, kicked off the night with a sequined green leotard with huge shoulders as she sang her Grammy-nominated hit “Poker Face” amid an elaborate stage that included dramatic choreography and pyrotechnics.

The Grammy for best new artist went to the Zac Brown Band, while best rock album went to the Bay Area’s Green Day for “21st Century Breakdown.”

The Black Eyed Peas also had three trophies, as did Jay-Z, who won for best rap solo performance and two awards for “Run This Town” with Rihanna and Kanye West.

Maxwell, up for six awards, also won his first Grammys - best R&B male vocal for the ballad “Pretty Wings” and best R&B album for “BLACKsummers’night.”

The album marked the R&B crooner’s return after an absence of eight years from the music business.

The show also included a special 3-D tribute to Michael Jackson featuring a video clip he made of “Earth Song” as Usher, Carrie Underwood, Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson sang along.

Jackson’s young children, Prince and Paris, accepted a lifetime achievement award for their father, who died in June.

For a complete list of Grammy winners, go to sfgate.com or www.grammys.org

Lady Gaga’s Fashion Sense Captivates Grammys Photo courtesy yahoo.com Lady Gaga as what yahoo.com described as a “space-age Tinkerbell” with sunflower-yellow, shoulder-length locks. In her right hand Gaga held a giant, chromespiked star. She wore an Armani-designed sheer, pink dress ringed with Saturnlike circles.

(AP) She came in third in the diva Grammy race behind Beyonce and Taylor Swift, but if there had been a trophy for most courageous fashion statement, Lady Gaga would have taken it hands down.

Trading in her “Poker Face” for a spiky, silver headdress and matching, shimmering gown, Gaga was the talk of the red carpet at Sunday’s 52nd annual Grammy Awards. She also took home two Grammys, although Beyonce won six and Taylor Swift captured four, including album of the year.

GAGA’S GETUP: Before Sunday’s Grammy show had even begun, just about everyone on the red carpet was keeping an eye out and speculating on what outlandish outfit Lady Gaga might show up in this time.

“I’m going to go with lettuce,” said best new artist nominee Keri Hilson, who wore a body-hugging Dolce

and Gabbana gown.

Rappers Redfoo and Sky Blu of LMFAO predicted Gaga would wear “a fish tank, with live fish and a snorkel.”

Alice Cooper’s guess?

“I think she’ll be wearing a Lionel train set on her head tonight, with the full smoke and everything like that. I wouldn’t be surprised, and I’ll be disappointed if she isn’t.”

Ringo Starr predicted an all-blue “Avatar” look.

“Anyway, who knows,” he added. “I want to be surprised.”

It’s a safe bet he was.

There was so much to Gaga’s shiny, silvery, three-dimensional number that she needed an escort to get her in and out of her seat in the audience.

At one point, though, she briefly changed out of her gown, putting on a green, fairy-winged bodysuit with matching sparkle booties when she performed the show’s opening number and dueted with Elton John.

GRAMMY RENAISSANCE MAN: He can tell jokes, keep the Grammy Awards show moving along, even handle a newfangled IPad. But Stephen Colbert’s coolness factor with his daughter didn’t really rise until he won a Grammy Sunday, for best comedy album.

Spoken Word Wednesday Student Oratorical Contest Date: Feb 3, 2010 Location: Bulldog Lounge -Student Center Time: 7:00 pm Winners will receive a cash prize of: $200 - 1st place, $150 - 2nd place, $100 - 3rd place

Rules: 1. Participant must be an active undergraduate or graduate student.

2. Participants will have a 5 minute time maximum 3. Participants will be given artistic expression to touch on any issue pertaining to the Orangeburg Massacre.

4. Participants will be judged on Style, Content, Length, and Stage Presence.

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