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OCTOBER 22, 2014 N O R T H C A R O L I N A C E N T R A L U N I V E R S I T Y VOLUME 106, ISSUE 31801 FAYETTEVILLE STREETDURHAM, NC 27707
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SportsClear eyes, full hearts,
can’t lose: Sophomore
leads football team
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FeatureMother and daughter
team up for fresh brew atVSOP
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CampusNCCU shows its love
for boobies
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A&EChapel Hill goes retro:local bar taps into the
spirit of the 80s
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16 BARS,1 WINNER
The sun was setting on the amphitheater behindRuffin Hall, which teemed with people awaitingthe start of the NCCU Edition Cypher. The Oct. 9cypher was organized by mass communication
seniors Bernatta Palmer and Brian “BMac” McIntosh,
Jerry Blackwell, in background with mic, Hulks up while his opponent, semi-finalist Kevin Black, brushes off Blackwell’s boasts.
LEAH MONTGOMERY/Echo assistant editor
Big Daddy Kane and Petey Pablo name the winners of each round during the “NCCU Edition” cypher.LEAH MONTGOMERY/Echo assistant editor
Obama names czar
BY JAMAR NEGRONECHO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
It’s out with the old, inwith the new. But it’ll cost.
How much? That depends.N.C. Central University’s
efforts to update campusbuildings has shifted toAlfonso Elder StudentUnion.
The University plans todemolish the old union andcreate a new student centerin the parking lot in front ofthe current union.
The Alfonso Elder
Student Union was built in1969, and last renovated in1990. The new union is pro-jected to be complete in fall2018.
However, the building ofthe future comes with ahefty price tag: $56 million.And students are expectedto foot part of that cost.
On Oct. 28, students willvote to increase tuition byeither $250, $275, or $300 asemester to fund the newbuilding.
The amount students voteto pay will determine what
amenities the new unionwill have.
Increasing tuition by $300a semester would give theunion a food court with atleast five vendors, plus fourATMs, a barber and beautysalon, and a commuterlounge with lockers.
Freshman class presidentEzzard Pickett said a newstudent union is long over-due.
Pickett, along with therest of the Student
BY CHRISTI PARSONS,KATHLEEN HENNESSEY AND
GEOFFREY MOHANTRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON — WithAmericans' fears over ran-dom Ebola exposurefueled anew by scares on a
cruise ship and a tour bus,the Obama administrationmoved Friday to fight accu-sations of incompetencefrom around Washington and on thecampaign trail ahead ofthe midterm election.
President Barack
Obama named a veteranpolitical operative, RonKlain, to coordinate thegovernment response in amove intended in part torestore public trust after aseries of missteps byhealth authorities.
Disabling the labelCampus celebrates disabled, educates abled
BY TAVARIUS FELTONECHO STAFF REPORTER
N.C. Central Universityhosted its fifth annualDisability Week Oct. 6.
NCCU’s drumline andcheerleaders performedamid music and giveaways.
The week opened with awheelchair basketball game
between the CharlottesvilleCardinals and theFayetteville Flyers, bothprofessional disabled bas-ketball teams.
After the game theStudent Activities Board,Student GovernmentAssociation, PhysicalEducation and RecreationMajors Association
played in wheelchairsagainst the professionals.
“It was a bittersweetmoment,” senior JerodChristmas said.
“It’s one thing to watchbut it’s another thing toplay,” said Disabilities WeekBirshari Cox.
Black and orange Fayetteville Flyers take on the Charlottesville Cardinals in the L.T. Walker Complex. CHELSEE POMPEY/Echo staff photographer
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A protester stands outside the White House asking President Obama to ban flights in effort to stopEbola. The debate surrounding travel bans as a way to curb the spread of Ebola has intensified after
Thursday’s congressional hearing, unleashing a flurry of arguments on both sides.Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press (MCT)
Paying up for unionStudents decide Oct. 28 how much to spend
as part of their Radio Oneinternship, advised by WadeBanner and Bryan Dawson.
“We wanted to do some-thing for the artists attend-ing and surrounding Centralto get them some experienceand get them noticed so theycan get that deal,” saidMcIntosh.
The duo said the cyphertook two weeks to plan andwas a new experience for
them both.“It was hard as hell, espe-
cially since it was my firsttime doing something likethis,” said McIntosh.
“I had to call people’smanagers, asked our adviserfor the phone numbers.
“I called them myself, andwe had to beg a little bitbecause we were askingthem to do it for free — thatwas something I’d never
done before.”The eight cipher contest-
ants were hand-picked by9th Wonder and WadeBanner from 20 who audi-tioned at the preliminarytryout.
“I had high expectationsbecause 9th Wonder hasworked with artists likeDrake and J. Cole,” said
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Res Life sends out consolidation notice BY NAMDI NGUYEN
ECHO STAFF REPORTER
The email fromMeghann Martinez with thesubject “Campus HousingRoom Consolidation, Sept.29” had many students,including Evan Haynes,confused. “Studentsliving alone in a room des-ignated as a double will berequired to have a room-mate or pay the cost of thevacant side of the room,”wrote Martinez, N.C. Central University’s resi-dential life media and mar-keting coordinator.
C o n s o l i d a t i o n ,according to Martinez, isdesigned to “make the bestuse of residential spaceand to be fair to studentswho already paid for singlerooms.”
Haynes, a mass commu-nication freshman, knewthat this consolidation hadsomething to with him.
His assigned roommatein New Res II, freshmanIsaiah Roberts, had movedout to stay with a friend inNew Res II earlier thatmonth.
Haynes loved having theroom alone. He said ithelped him focus on hisstudies.
“Not having a roommateisn’t any different than me
living at home,” he said. But what Haynes didn’t
know is that his days livingsolo wouldn’t last muchlonger.
What he did know wasthat he wasn’t looking for-ward to trying to find a newroommate in the middle ofthe semester.
According to JamesLeach, Residential Lifeassistant director foradministration, studentswho find themselves alonein a double occupancyroom have several consoli-dation options.
They can move in withanother student, haveanother student move inwith them, or contactResidential Life for a newroommate assignment.
Leach said they don’tnecessarily have to find aroommate in their currentresidential hall, but thatcan find roommates in anyNCCU residential hall.
Leach said the consoli-dation maximizes the useof space and saves energy.
New Res II residentassistant Jeffrey Nesbittsaid that students findthemselves alone in doubleoccupancy rooms for a vari-ety of reasons.
Their original roommatemay have moved in with afriend during the Sept. 3-5
room change period, mayhave dropped out of school,or may have moved off cam-pus.
A more expensive optionis for students living alonein double occupancy roomsto decline to consolidate.
They can elect to pay forthe unoccupied portion oftheir room. “Students will not becharged until they com-plete documentation toindicate they are willing topay to the difference andhave a double occupancyspace remain single,” saidLeach.
Leach added that stu-dents who choose to livealone in a double occupan-cy room would pay on aver-age $2,600 more per semes-ter, depending on theirroom type and residentialhall.
Haynes said that he wasassigned a new roommateon Oct. 9. He was happy tofind out that he’s beenassigned to room with aclose friend.
He made the move onOct. 12.
Despite some initial con-fusion over the consolida-tion Haynes keeps the bigpicture in mind.
“Be happy that you get toschool here no matter whoyou live with,” he said.
BY VICTOR GRUBBSECHO STAFF REPORTER
October is national breastcancer awareness month, asindicated by the increasedprevalence of the color pinkaround the campus.
To help raise awarenessof this, N.C. CentralUniversity hosted an eventon Thursday, Oct. 16 in theGreek Bowl titled “EaglesGo Pink for Breast Cancer.”
The event featured a DJ,line dancing, pink lemon-ade, and a pink banner thatwas paraded around thegazebo. Even the fountainwas colored pink for theoccasion.
According to breast-cancer.org, around one ineight women will developinvasive breast cancer overthe course of their lifetime.That is about or about232,000 new cases each year.After skin cancer breast can-cer is the most commonlydiagnosed cancer in women.
The same report statesthat 40,000 women wereexpected to die in 2014 frombreast cancer.
NCCU students supportthe idea of raising aware-ness for this high-profile dis-ease.
Junior mass communica-tion major NathanielWaddell says that the eventwas a good start.
“There should be moreprograms about breast can-cer so that people will beable to understand how seri-ous this disease is,” saidWaddell, adding that “NCCUdoes a good job raisingawareness.”
“It’s really good to cele-brate breast cancer aware-ness and it’s good that peo-ple came out to supportthis.”
Mass communicationsophomore said it is impor-
tant for everyone to knowabout breast cancer.
“It could be one of yourfamily members [who getsdiagnosed]” he said.
“So yeah, I think thereshould be more programslike this.”
Representatives from thebeauty company Avon wereat the event to show theirsupport for the breast can-cer awareness movement.
“The younger you becomeaware that you have breastcancer, the easier it’ll be totreat it,” said DarleneBacon, an Avon representa-tive.
“If you know about it ear-lier on, you are more able toget treatment and you’ll alsoget more time to get used tothe idea of dealing with
breast cancer.”Avon is “the largest cor-
porate sponsor of breastcancer awareness,” accord-ing to Maureen Bergenbush,also from Avon.
Bergenbush commendedNCCU’s efforts at promotingbreast cancer awareness.
Pink balloons were givento the guests to be releasedat the end of the event. Afteran announcement about theimportance of breast cancerawareness, a countdownbegan and the balloons werereleased.
Scores of pink balloonsrose up into the sky inremembrance of those wholost their lives to breast can-cer.
Tania Irwin, Jalen Baker and Jasmine Holeman participate in line dancing in the Unity Bowl.CHELSEE POMPEY/Echo staff photographer
Government Association,traveled to Winston-SalemState, Elon University andUNC-Greensboro to checkout their student unions.Pickett said the otherunions were “light years”ahead of NCCU’s. “I saw thatthis student union is a joke,”he said. “We’ve far outgrownthis place.”
Pickett said a new studentunion would do “phenome-nal things” for NCCU, suchas increasing the retentionrate and encouraging morestudents to get involved incampus activities.
In an Oct. 16 town hallmeeting at the studentunion, SGA student bodypresident Derrick Hicksstressed the importance ofinvesting in the future.
Hicks discussed what hecalled “the pink elephant inthe room:” students whomay believe that investingmoney in a building theywill not get to enjoy is notworth it.
“You get what you payfor,” he said, saying that pay-ing the most money will yielda better building for NCCU.
Some students, like masscommunication seniorTerrell Johnson, is excitedabout the new project. Hesaid he’s been impressedwith efforts the Universityhas made to improve thecampus.
“When I got here, Chidleywas a pile of dirt,” Johnsonsaid, adding that he enjoyed
watching the constructionprogress.
Social work juniorTaquan Lynch said, “We com-plain every day about whatwe don’t have. At some pointwe’re going to have to pay forsomething. It’s either strug-gle now or struggle later.”
Business administrationfreshman Alexis Cofieldsaid it feels “weird” to payfor something she will not behere to enjoy.
“I see no point,” Cofieldsaid. “I personally wouldlike to be here to enjoy thebenefits of something I’mgoing to pay for.”
Social work juniorShan’Trese Cameron said anew union would be great.However, she said, “They’reasking for a lot right now. Iwish it was a little bit lower.”
Cameron said she was notsure whether students werebeing appropriately repre-sented in plans for the newcenter.
“We need a poll,” shesaid. “Let’s get real wordsfrom the students.”
Corey Guyton, assistantdirector of student leader-ship, training and develop-ment, challenged skepticalstudents to consider payingfor the union as an invest-ment in NCCU’s future.
“The reality is that it hadto start somewhere,” Guytonsaid. “We have to thinkabout the lineage.”
Vice Chancellor ofStudent Affairs Miron
Billingsley echoed this sen-timent. “This is about givingback,” Billingsley said.“There are people in thisroom that spent money onthe building that you arestanding in right now.
“This is a beautiful cam-pus, but it didn’t happen likethat overnight. This is ourchance to leave our legacyand our mark.”
Proposed student union by Timothy McMullen, NCCU director of design and construction.
BY VICTOR GRUBBSECHO STAFF REPORTER
Just before the fallsemester began, N.C.Central University’s depart-ment of mass communica-tion appointed a newdepartment head.
And, as indicated by theautographed Simpsonsposter and numerous JohnColtrane albums on thewall, he is not your ordinarywhite-collar worker.
Calvin Hall is the masscommunication depart-ment’s first permanentchair.
He said the departmentis in a unique position.
“The department is stillnew,” he said.
“We’re not restricted bytradition or age.
“We’re one of the newestmass communicationdepartments in the world.
We can try somethingnew and boldly go where nodepartment has gonebefore.”
Star Trek pun aside, Hallsaid he had departmentadditions in mind already,such as new concentrationsand courses that changeevery four years or so.
“I’m hoping to get our PRand strategic branding com-munication concentrationsoff the ground,” he said.
“I’m also hoping to devel-op a concentration thatfocuses on narrative mediasuch as narrative journal-ism, screenwriting, and doc-umentaries.”
The public relations con-centration is slated to beavailable in the fall.
Hall also hopes tostrengthen the communica-tion studies concentration,adding courses that willprepare students who wishto study communication
from a theoretical perspec-tive.
“These concentrationswill help us bring in morestudents and cover someareas of mass communica-tion that have a growinginterest,” Hall said.
Mass communicationstarted at NCCU as a fewjournalism courses in theEnglish department.
Associate professors TomEvans and Bruce dePysslerdeveloped the mass commu-nication major in what wasthen called the departmentof English and mass commu-nication in 2002.
In 2012, mass communi-cation became its owndepartment, led by interimdepartment chairCharmaine McKissick-Melton, now an associateprofessor in the mass com-munication department.
Hall said a major goal forthe department is to estab-lish accreditation for thedepartment with theAccrediting Council onEducation in Journalismand Mass Communication.
Mass communicationfreshman Markeith Gentrysaid he’s excited aboutdevelopments in the depart-ment.
“They’ll give studentsmore opportunities withinthe department and willhelp us prepare better forlife after we graduate,” saidGentry.
Hall grew up inAsheville. He earned hisB.A. and master’s degrees atN.C. State University, con-centrating in creative writ-ing.
Hall has extensive expe-rience with student media.He taught English and jour-nalism at Asheville HighSchool for five years.
At St. Augustine’s
College, he was studentmedia adviser. And hetaught at a summer journal-ism institute for the N.C.Scholastic Media Associa-tion.
Hall was an adjunct pro-fessor of mass communica-tion at NCCU from 1997-1998 and fall 2003 while heworked on his Ph.D. in masscommunication from theUniversity of NorthCarolina-Chapel Hill as aRoy H. Park Fellowshipscholar.
Prior to coming to NCCU,Hall was an associate pro-fessor and assistant chair inthe department of masscommunication atAppalachian StateUniversity in Boone, N.C.for 10 years.
“The students here arereally nice and polite andcourteous,” said Hall.
“The diversity here is vis-ible and seems more organ-ic.”
When he finds free time,Hall said he like to writescreenplays and collectcomic books.
He’s published severalbooks, including “AfricanAmerican Journalists:Autobiography as Memoirand Manifesto,” a bookbased on his dissertationresearch, and an anthologyof short fiction.
“I think Dr. Hall was agreat choice to be ourdepartment chair,” saidShauntae White, a masscommunication associateprofessor who chaired thesearch committee the rec-ommended Hall and alongwith two other candidates.
“We’re at a critical timein our department.
“I think we can benefitfrom some fresh blood tolead us forward.”
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New MSCM chairwill “boldly go”
Prez accentuates +Holland plans CAAP prep, intellectual focus
Newly arrived mass communication chair Calvin Hall in his Farrison-Newton Communication office. KEYANDRA COTTON/Echo staff photographer
BY TIA MITCHELLECHO STAFF REPORTER
Alesha Holland, N.C.Central University’s sopho-more class president, has bigplans for an extraordinaryyear for herself and for col-leagues.
Holland is a graduate ofDouglas Byrd Senior HighSchool in Fayetteville, whosemascot is also an Eagle.
She jokes that perhapsthis means she was destinedto become an Eagle.
She’s already served asvice president of the fresh-man and sophomore classes
and is a member of EagleSisters and Lady EagleDevelopment.
Holland said she wantsstudents to think beyond thesocial side of campus lifeand get more excited aboutlearning.
She is determined to helpstudents prepare for theCollegiate Assessment ofAcademic Proficiency, orCAAP test, a standardizedtest sophomores arerequired to take beforebecoming juniors.
The test measures studentachievement in reading,writing critical thinking,
math and science. “It’s not hard, but you still
need to be prepared for itand take it as seriously asyou would the SAT or theACT,” said Holland.
“So, that’s a big thing forme, making sure that sopho-mores are aware of the CAAPtest and also getting ready toenter their departments.”
Holland also said shewants to help bridge the gapbetween freshmen andupperclassmen.
She said she draws fromher own experience.
“I remember how it feltlast year being a freshman,”said Holland.
“Everyone was like, ‘ohfreshman this, freshmanthat,’ but a lot of people did-n’t take out the time to reachout to us and help us andmentor us.
“That’s one of the reasonswhy I joined Lady EagleDevelopment – to have thatmentor aspect, somebody tohelp me along and tell mewhat college is like so I canbe prepared,” she said.
Holland said campaigningfor the office was a learningexperience.
“It can be stressful,” shesaid.
“Things can be thrown atyou last minute, so it’s allabout remaining calm andtaking care of business.”
Two members of her coun-cil, Miss Sophomore LanexaNeal and sophomore vicepresident Boris DeShazo,say Holland’s positive atti-tude is exactly what’s need-ed in her leadership role.
Neal, an athletic trainingsophomore, described herattitude as “inspirational.”
“Alesha pushes me to begreat,” said DeShazo. “Shelooks out for everybody elsebefore she looks out for her-self.
“It’s very rare that youfind somebody that’s going tomake sure everybody else istaken care of before yourown self.”
Sophomore class president Alesha Holland wants NCCUstudents to get more excited about learning.
KIMANE DARDEN/Echo photo editor
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5:30 pm Sunday, Oct. 26Activity Center (the little church next to Eagle Landing)1801 Fayetteville St., Durham
Bring FriendsAs You Come!
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After the games studentswith and without disabilitiesperformed spoken word,most of which focused onsocial issues.
One poem, by guest poetand 2001 theatre alumnaRhonda Hatton, received astanding ovation.
Hatton has performed atNCCU convocations and atChancellor Debra Saunders-White’s installation.
Hatton said she startedwriting poetry at 10 and per-forming at 13. She is now acampus minister.
Thursday Fest, during the10:40 break, StudentDisability Services organizedan attention deficit hyperac-tivity disorder simulation, avisual impairment activityand a wheelchair obstaclecourse.
“It was very fun and excit-ing,” said Dominique Boone.
“It gave us an opportunity
to experience what peoplewith disabilities go throughevery day.”
On Friday A Day in theLife gave teachers the oppor-tunity to shadow a disabledstudent during the day to geta firsthand experience of liv-ing with a disability.
Participant Dr. RuthPhillips, director of StudentHealth, shadowed a studentwho has a speech impedi-ment, a condition she alsohad as a child.
Phillips said she saw theshadowing experience as achance to do something thatshe couldn’t do a kid.
“We were able to connectwith the stigmas and bullyingin being different,” Phillipssaid.
Phillips asked the student,“Why try to fit in when youare meant to stand out?”
Phillips said the studentgave NCCU an “A+” on the
treatment and care hereceives as a disabled stu-dent.
“We talked about success,failure and life,” Phillipssaid, adding that she was“amazed” at his spoken wordperformance.
“It was great — we weremeant to be paired up,”Philips said.
The week ended with theEagle Advocate AwardLuncheon, in which studentsnominated faculty memberswho showed the most under-standing of disability issues.
Karen Keaton-Jackson,director of the NCCU WritingStudio, received the EagleAdvocate Award. She wasalso the event’s featuredspeaker.
“She communicates wellwith disability services andis always looking for ways tohelp,” said Cox, the organizerof Disability Week.
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Hall plans new concentrations, accreditation
McIntosh. “He knows goodtalent when he hears it.”
The cypher consisted offour rounds. Celebrityjudges Big Daddy Kane andPetey Pablo chose whoadvanced and who was elim-inated.
The crowd laughed,booed and hyped up contest-ants as they spit lyrical barswithin the 60 seconds theywere allotted for eachround.
The final round boileddown to Stephen “Steve-ODa Spitta” Liggon Jr. andSha’meire “Swank Heem”Jackson.
Moments after the beatdropped, Big Daddy Kaneinterceded.
“Since this the last round,let’s do this like a real rapbattle. Cut the music,” hecommanded.
After two intense rounds,Sha’meire “Swank Heem”Jackson was awarded ticketsto every homecoming event,the honor of having hisalbum rotated on Radio Oneand a feature on aSweetSixteen Petey Pablotrack.
“We have a lot of talent atCentral but no one gets tosee it, so I want to give peo-ple that opportunity,” saidMcIntosh.
“We plan on doing anoth-er cypher and get biggerartists, like J. cole or bigKrit.”
But these events won’talways be aimed at rappers,he said.
“We also want do one dur-ing Valentine’s Day and pullartists like Elle Varner so wecan have opportunities forR&B artists as well,” saidMcIntosh.
Criminal justice seniorJustin Glaspie said he wasimpressed with NCCU tal-ent.
“I think it was great forour campus because itshows the talent that walksaround campus every day,”he said.
“If it wasn’t for that show-case, you would never knowhow talented people arearound here.”
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Lewis plugs ‘March’Book explores civil rights movement in comic book format
BY MELODY BROWN-PEYTONECHO STAFF REPORTER
Long time U.S. congress-man and Civil Rights leaderJohn Lewis had a warningfor an audience of about 200in N.C. Central University’sB.N. Duke Auditorium:“There are forces inAmerica that want to takeus back,” said Lewis, whorepresents Georgia’s 5thCongressional District.
Lewis, who spoke on Oct.4, was describing recentefforts in Republican-domi-nated states to pass restric-tive voting laws that requirevoter IDs, limit early voting,and end Sunday voting.
“It should be as easy tovote as it is to get a glass ofwater,” he said.
Lewis also bemoanedhow elections are increas-ingly influenced by bigmoney and have become“auctions sold to the high-est bidder.”
Lewis, one of the key fig-ures in the Civil RightsMovement, was at NCCUdiscussing his 128-page
book “March – Book One” aspart of Durham ReadsTogether, a program spon-sored by the DurhamCounty Library.
“March – Book One,” co-written with Andrew Aydinand illustrated by the artistNate Powell, uses a comicbook format to provide apersonal account of Lewis’life.
Lewis said the ideabehind the book is toinspire the next generationthe same way that the 1958comic book “Martin LutherKing and the MontgomeryStory,” influenced his gen-eration.
The 1958 comic book tellsthe story of Rosa Parks andthe non-violentMontgomery Bus Boycott.
Kirkus Reviewsdescribes “March – BookOne,” the first of three pro-posed books, as "A powerfultale of courage and princi-ple … told by a uniquelyqualified eyewitness ... thatcomes through with vivid,inspiring clarity."
The book details Lewis’childhood as the son of a
sharecropper in ruralAlabama, his first meetingwith Martin Luther King,Jr., his organizing effortswhile at Fisk University.
The book also details thelunch counter sit-ins in 1959and 1960, his 1963 chair-manship of the StudentNon-Violent CoordinatingCommittee, and his role asa founder and leader of theFreedom Riders.
It pays special attentionto the role of non-violencein the civil rights struggle.
Lewis tells his life storyelsewhere in non-comicbook form in his 1998 auto-biography “Walking withthe Wind.”
During the Civil RightsMovement Lewis wasarrested 42 times for civildisobedience.
He is a recipient of 2010Presidential Medal ofFreedom and the CourageAward for LifetimeAchievement from the JohnF. Kennedy LibraryFoundation.
On March 7, 1965, a daynow known as BloodySunday, Lewis was severely
clubbed on the head whilecrossing Alabama’sEdmund Pettus Bridge dur-ing the Selma-to-Montgomery march.
The marchers wereturned back and Lewis wasone of 17 blacks hospital-ized because of his injuries.
Two weeks latermarchers led by MartinLuther King, Jr. successful-ly crossed the bridge andentered Montgomery.
On March 7, 2005, 10,000people commemorated the40th reunion of BloodySunday.
“President Johnsonsigned the act, but it waswritten by the people ofSelma,” said Lewis refer-ring to the 1965 VotingRights Act during a speechat the reunion.
Mayor Bill Bell present-ed Congressmen JohnLewis with keys to the cityat the Durham ReadsTogether event.
Lewis was last on cam-pus in 2011 to deliver thatspring’s commencementaddress.
Durham Mayor Bill Bell honors John Lewis with the keys to city at the Oct. 4 Durham Reads Together program. MELODY BROWN-PEYTON/Echo staff photographer
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PhirstSundays
Fraternity holds monthly service
BY LEAH MONTGOMERYECHO ASSISTANT EDITOR
Students stood in thelobby of the N.C. CentralUniversity Student Unionwith their hands raised tothe sky as they sang alongwith the Voices of Visionworship team on Sunday.
It was the second “PhirstSundays” service held bythe brothers of the GammaBeta Chapter of Alpha PhiAlpha Fraternity, Inc.
The event was spear-headed by psychology sen-ior Cameron Simms.
“I want to make sure thatI have created an atmos-phere for students on ourcampus to come and experi-ence authentic worship anddynamic teachings,” saidSimms.
Sunday’s guest ministerwas William Branch, 43,from Philadelphia, PA.
Branch attendedPhiladelphia Bible Collegeand Lancaster BibleCollege to obtain a B.A. intheology.
He went on to get hisMasters from DallasTheological School.
Branch said he wasraised by a God-fearingfather, met the Lord at 4-years-old and ran away at13 due to his father’s mili-tant discipline.
“I went to live with mysecular relatives and beganliving a different life,” saidBranch.
Branch gave his testimo-ny of partying, smokingweed and hanging out withthe wrong crowd.
“I graduated and real-ized I was going nowhere—Ihad no plan,” said Branch.
That’s when he called hisfather, returned home andjoined the conscious hip-hop movement of the 70sand 80s.
“There were very fewpeople on like us on thescene who combined rawhip-hop and theologytogether,” said Branch.
Branch said it wasn’tuntil God started using hisown lyrics against him thathe began feeling the tug to“come back to Christ.”
“During that journey, mypassion for using hip-hop tospread news about Christled to my formation of CrossMovement,” said Branch.
Cross Movement was acollection of MCs that had atheological edge. The grouphelped Branch produce sixgroup albums and four soloalbums from the mid-90s topresent.
Branch is now workingon a PhD in theology at SEBaptist TheologicalSeminary in Wake Forest.
While working on apaper, he came across a pas-sage from the book of Jamesthat discussed being “hear-ers and doers of the word”–the basis for Sunday’s ser-mon.
“We often hear the lessonbut we need to put it topractice and let our actionsshow it,” said political sci-ence senior Norman Jones.
Branch used real-lifeexamples and incorporatedcelebrities such as Aaliyahand Biggie Smalls into hissermon to keep the crowdinterested.
“The people that werethere were engaging withthe minister and really tookhis message in,” said NCCUalumnus William Anyu.
The fraternity seeks toprovide a place where stu-dents can easily and com-fortably worship.
“We want to be aresource for students whowant to worship but don’thave the transportation,”said Jones.
“I think it’s a beautifulthing for students from allwalks of life to come togeth-er and worship.”
Simms said that in mov-ing forward he plans on tak-ing Phirst Sundays to thenext level.
“I plan on getting a big-ger venue, better soundequipment, flyers, food, andmore prominent speakersand worship artists in theRDU area,” said Simms.
“In anything that I putmy hands on, I want it to beexcellent and I have nointentions of making PhirstSundays anything less thanthat.”
“I think it’s a beautiful thing for students fromall walks of life to come together and worship.”
NORMAN JONES
POLITICAL SCIENCE SENIOR
5Campus EchoWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014 Beyond NCCU
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Facing relentless criticism fromRepublicans and pleas fromDemocrats locked in tight electionraces, White House officials evensaid they were considering propos-als they have previously deemed anoverreaction, including the possi-bility of imposing travel restric-tions between the U.S. and thecountries in West Africa where theEbola outbreak is widespread.
Administration officials saidthey wouldn’t rule out a ban ontravel, despite their insistence aday before that such a move mightinspire sick travelers to try toevade screening.
“The guiding principle willalways be what’s in the best inter-est of the American people andtheir health and welfare and safe-ty,” White House press secretaryJosh Earnest said.
The shift in rhetoric came as thefear of infection spread, muchmore quickly than the threat ofexposure to the deadly virus.
Spurring concern were freshreports of possible Ebola exposureamong tourists. Carnival CruiseLines announced that it had con-fined a cruise ship passenger whois a lab supervisor at the Dallashospital that treated Thomas EricDuncan, the Liberian who diedfrom Ebola this month at TexasHealth Presbyterian Hospital.
And the Department of Defensesaid it shut down part of thePentagon just outside Washingtonafter a tourist who said she hadrecently visited Africa was foundvomiting in a parking lot. Pentagonpolice cordoned off a large sectionof the lot, including the bus thetourist had traveled on, and calledparamedics, who responded in haz-ardous materials gear. The womanturned out not to have Ebola, localhealth authorities said.As of Friday, roughly 1,000 peoplewere being watched for symptoms,asked to monitor themselves orurged to check with a counselor atthe Centers for Disease Controland Prevention. None has exhibit-ed symptoms.
The group includes some whohave been ordered into quarantine,a larger group that is being closely
watched with temperatures takenat least daily, and a much largergroup who may have flown on aFrontier Airlines jetliner that car-ried Amber Vinson, one of twonurses who contracted Ebola afterclosely caring for Duncan.
Also Friday, Texas health offi-cials asked 75 health care workerswho were exposed to Duncan, thefirst Ebola patient diagnosed in theU.S., to sign a document that out-lines new restrictions on their trav-el and movement.
The restrictions, which comeafter Vinson’s air travel, includestaying off all public transportationand staying out of public spaces for21 days from their last contact withDuncan. They also must monitortheir conditions.Vinson is being cared for at EmoryUniversity Hospital in Atlanta.
Meanwhile, Nina Pham, the firstnurse who was infected with Ebola
after caring for Duncan, was in faircondition, “stable and resting com-fortably” and receiving intensivecare in an isolation ward at theNational Institutes of Health nearWashington, officials said Friday.
“We will have her here until sheis well and clear of the virus,” saidDr. Anthony S. Fauci, head of theNational Institute of Allergy andInfectious Diseases. She was sittingup, eating and interacting with thestaff, Fauci said.
The fear of Ebola has spreadfrom California to Connecticut,with false alarms across the coun-try. And Friday’s news about thecruise ship only further fueled anx-iety, something the Obama adminis-tration has tried to put to rest.
For weeks, the White Housespoke of the unlikelihood of a wide-spread outbreak in the U.S., partlyin an effort to keep public panic atbay. But after Duncan traveled to
Dallas and a series of failures inhis care came to light, Obama waspressed to take more dramaticaction.
On Friday, the president calledon Klain, naming him Ebolaresponse coordinator and clearinga path for him to begin work. As alongtime Democratic politicaloperative, Klain is trusted withinthe White House as a political cri-sis manager and administrator withexperience coordinating govern-ment bureaucracy. Included in hisresume is a stint as Vice PresidentAl Gore’s top legal advisor duringthe 2000 election recount.
Fears of an Ebola outbreak areroiling the midterm congressionalcampaigns, putting candidates in areactive mode at a time they hadhoped to deliver their closingpitches.
An ABC News/Washington Postpoll this month found the economy
was still the leading issue voterssaid would determine their vote forCongress. But the same surveyfound that nearly two-thirds ofAmericans were concerned aboutthe possibility of an Ebola epidem-ic in the United States.
Republicans are also calling fora travel ban and criticizing Obamafor not imposing one.
“The White House thinks it’snews that the president is cancel-ing political events to focus on this.I think our voters are scratchingtheir heads and saying, ‘What tookthem so long?’” said Rob Collins,executive director of the NationalRepublican Senatorial Committee.
Sen. Kay Hagan, a NorthCarolina Democrat in a tough race,embraced the idea of a travel banat the end of this week after previ-ously brushing off the idea.
At a House hearing Thursday,one lawmaker said Congress mighttake up the question of a travel banafter the election if the Obamaadministration does not instituteone on its own.
“People are asking that we dothat, and they are exactly correct tomake that request,” said Rep.Michael C. Burgess, R-Texas, whorepresents a district that includesDallas’ northwest suburbs.Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana,the House’s third-rankingRepublican, said Obama didn’tneed a vote to take action. “Heloves bragging about the things hecan do with a pen and a phone,”said Scalise, the majority whip.“He can approve a travel bantoday.”
Earnest dismissed theRepublican critiques as mere poli-tics. “Three weeks before electionday,” he said, “Republicans areseeking to score political points.Stop the presses!”
Parsons and Hennessey of theTribune Washington Bureau report-ed from Washington and Mohan ofthe Los Angeles Times from Dallas.Tribune Washington Bureau staffwriter Michael A. Memoli inWashington and Times staff writerMichael Muskal in Los Angeles con-tributed to this report.
Liberian student nurse Fatu Kekula saved her father’ life in this makeshift isolation ward in a spare unfinished room athome, using nothing more than raincoats and boots, plastic bags, gloves and masks.
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WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEEW E D N E S D A Y , O C T O B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 4
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Java @ VSOP’s owner Mina Forte. The coffee shop next to the Farrison-Newton Communication Building opened on Oct. 4.
Photos and story by Keyandra Cotton
Former N.C. Central University English instructor Minnie Forte with her daughter Mina behind the Java @ VSOP counter. Java customers share a laugh and a cup of coffee at Java @ VSOP.
Java @ VSOP serves up Starbucks coffee and pastries.
N.C. Central University student, Blake Morgan, takes an off-campus break at Java @ VSOP.
It’s been a long, long time comingsay some N.C. Central University fac-ulty, staff and students who havelong wondered where they could get
away from campus for a cup of java, apastry, and some down time.
“I’ve always wanted a coffee shop near
campus since I came here in 2003,” saidLisa Carl, an English and MassCommunication associate professor.“Now they finally have one.”
Java @ VSOP, located at the corner ofFayetteville and Dupree streets, is thebrainchild of Paulette Thorpe, Minnie
Forte and her daughter Mina. Minnie taught as an NCCU English
instructor for 35 years. Mina graduated with a master’s degree
from the School of Education and startedthe VSOP hair saloon in 1998.
Java @ VSOP serves Starbucks products,
locally made desserts, and what theowner’s call the best smoothie ever (froma secret recipe) made from high-qualityfresh ingredients.
Minnie explains that the purpose of thenew coffee shop “is to create an enjoy-able experience.” Java @ VSOP is open 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. daily and 1-6 p.m.Sundays.
NCCU mass communication professorShauntae Brown White will be signing herbook “Communication Matters - 31 Daysof Speaking Life in Your Relationships” atJava @ VSOP on Oct. 29 from 6-8 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014Campus Echo
BY LELIA HASHEMIECHO STAFF REPORTER
Pac Man, Mortal Combat,Centipede, and many otherclassic games are what youwill find at Chapel Hill’snewest edition, The Baxter.
The bar-arcade takesgaming to another levelfeaturing over 40 originalarcade games and pinballmachines.
The four Tarheels andlongtime gamers: DannyMiller, Joe Miller, AlexJoustra, and Nick Stroud,came together to recreatethe arcade atmospherewith an adult twist.
“These are the originalgames,” said Danny. “Youcan see the scars of a for-gotten cigarette that sat onthe side of the machine,and the worn spot on theside where your friendstood watching feverishlyuntil it was Game Overscrolled across the screen.”
Every game at Baxter’sBarricade is an original, nomulticades here. “We see ourselves as beinga laid back, nerd bar,”describes Joustra.
Breaking open piggybanks and begging parentsfor an advance on nextweek’s allowance, gamerswould do whatever it tookto get in one last play.
“When I did well inschool, or got good markson my report card, my dadwould reward me by takingme to the arcade everyweekend,” said Stroud.
The journey was noteasy for the four friends.All of the guys agreed thatgame hunting was one ofthe most fun but challeng-ing parts of opening the
bar. “One of the games that
was the physically hardestto get was Sega Turbo,”describes Joustra. “It wastucked away in this guy’sbasement, we had tosqueeze it through a tinydoor, go under a porch,then straight up a narrowflight of stairs. It can getkind of awkward trying tomove these things aroundin tight spaces.”
The bar has a lot of per-sonal touches from each ofthe guy’s collections. Italso features a squarewrap-around bar top com-plete with over 3,000 cutouts from comics and mag-azines.
“It took me over 77hours to place the artwork,not including the time ittook me to cut out eachindividual piece,” saidMiller.
Over the bar is a show-case of the guy’s toys andmemorabilia collected overthe years, including NESgames and even an official“walker” (aka zombie) headfrom AMC’s The WalkingDead.
“The Baxter offers youan opportunity that youcan’t find at most localbars,” described Miller.
“You have something todo. You can actually talk toyour friends or spark up aconversation from iconicmemorabilia, comic booksand video games.”
In a time where mostbars are filled with loudmusic and sticky floors,The Baxter is truly a placeto have an experience andspend quality time withfriends.
Opening night is Oct. 24.
Chapel Hill opens 80s haven A new Franklin Street bar offers retro entertainment for gamers and bar hoppers
The Baxter’s Barricade features over 40 original gaming sytems.
LEILA HASHEMI/Echo staff reporter
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 , 2014Campus Echo
BY ALEXANDRIA GLENNECHO A&E EDITOR
Durham native AprilParker Jones came back to
shed light on the studentsof Hillside High School
who wish to pursue acareer in acting.
Jones is currently onthe cast of Tyler Perry’s “IfLoving You is Wrong”which airs Tuesday nights
on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN. She also cast a role in
“Jericho” and has acted inother popular shows suchas CSI, The Fosters, Lost,Scandal, ER, and 90210.
Jones graduated fromHillside and returned toDurham for her 20th classreunion.
She arrived at theschool and made her wayto the auditorium whereshe was greeted by theapplause of the students inthe theater department.
April took the stage andbegan talking to the stu-dents about her journey towhere she is today.
She said it was not aneasy one but she made it.
Parker started acting at5-years-old.
“Acting was a way Icould express my creativi-ty, it was my freedom,”said Jones.
“Growing up I wentthrough a lot and it was myway of letting those emo-tions out.”
In her youth, Jones wasvery active in theatric pro-ductions and informed stu-dents that if acting issomething they want to doprofessionally they need topractice.
She also said that asidefrom being on stage, theymust also learn to direct,conduct lights, design andproduce.
“Quite frankly the realpower is behind the cam-era” said Jones.
She talked about herexperiences acting inschools plays at Hillside.
The most memorableone for her was “DreamGirls,” in which she playedLorel.
After graduating fromHillside, Jones went on toN.C. Central Universitywhere she completed twoyears studying theatre.
Jones said her profes-sor at the time Dr. KarenDacons-Brock was a hugereason she followed herdreams.
“She said something onthe lines of ‘you got this’and little did she knowthose words propelled mynext discussion which wasto move to New York,” saidJones.
After being in New Yorkfor a few years Jones gotpregnant and moved backhome to regroup.
“Life happens but thatdoesn’t mean you have tosteer off of the goals andthe dreams that you have,”she said.
Eight years later Jonesmet her husband JayJones.
They moved to LA for 10years where she gainedexperience in television.
Jones explained that iswas not an over night suc-
cess. “You gotta keep people
around you who willinspire you and who willbelieve in you more thanyou believe in yourself ”said Jones.
Moving forward with hercareer, Jones tried out forTylers Perry’s “If LovingYou is Wrong”.
After her audition rPerry told Jones “that wasreally good April, but themoment you walked in Iknew you weren’t her.”
Two weeks later she gota call from Perry askingher to come back and audi-tion for the part again.
After her audition hesaid “you are her.”
April felt honored towin the role but mostimportantly she was proudthat she won it by beingherself.
Jones shared that storywith the students toencourage them to bethemselves.
“Even in the charactersthat you play, always bringyourself into that charac-ter because no one canduplicate you and I wasme in that audition. “
Keisha Thomas, a soph-omore at Hillside, said shewas truly inspired byApril’s visit.
“She pushed forwardand her story encouragedme to push forward too,”
A Hillside homecoming Actress April Parker Jones returns to inspire theatre students
Junkies get their fix
April Parker Jones, accompanied by her husband Jay Jones, gives students her personal account.
BERNATTA PLAMER/Echo staff photographer
BY ALEXANDRIA GLENNECHO A&E EDITOR
Textiles and appareljunior Taylor Freeman andmass communication soph-omore Romeo Lacewellhave taken on the task ofstarting an on-campusthrift store.
“Everyone kept comingup to me and compliment-ing my shirts and clothes,”said Lacewell.
“They always ask whereI got them, which gave methe idea to start selling theclothes out of my closet.”
But when he realizedthat wouldn’t work, he con-tacted Freeman, a goodfriend of his and fellowthrifter, and asked her ifshe wanted to get involvedin starting up a thrift storeon campus.
Freeman immediatelyaccepted his offer andright away started brain-storming different waysthey could transform thisidea into a reality.
“Our main idea was tohave something that wouldbe affordable for collegestudents and accessible,”said Freeman.”We alsowanted the consumer to bea part of something bybeing able to model for us.”
In mid-July, Freemanposted a comment onInstagram asking studentsabout their thoughts onN.C. Central Universityhaving a thrift store and ifso what kind of clothingwould they be interested inbuying.
“I got a lot of positivefeedback and support, andthat motivated Romeo andI to start right away,” saidFreeman.
A week or two later, theybegan gathering men’s andwomen’s clothes from clos-ets and other consignmentshops that mimicked a 80sand 90s retro feel.
Once they had enough clothes to work with they began planning a photoshoot.
They scouted studentswho they were interestedin to model their clothes
and held a photo shoot oncampus.
Freeman and Lacewellnamed their online store“Thrift Junkies” and creat-ed an Instagram page usingthe pictures from the shootto start selling their items.
Mass communicationjunior Javier Lopez wasone of the models who par-ticipated in the shoot.
“I love the idea of thrift
junkies and it pushes the same type of fashion andfeel that I wear on the
daily,” stated Lopez. Thrift Junkies was invit-
ed to be a vendor at theevent “I’m So Fancy” heldin the Alfonso ElderStudent Union where theysold items to students atthe event.
“Right now we are justselling items off of theInstagram page to get ourname out there and tobuild our brand,” saidLacewell. “But we do havehopes of eventually gettinga shop up and running.”
Brittany Jackson poses for a picture in her newly thrifted clothes.
Photo courtesy of Romeo Lacewell
“Acting was a way I could express my creativity, it was my freedom,” saidJones. “Growing up I went through a lot and it was my way of letting those
emotions out.”APRIL PARKER JONES
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BY AVERY YOUNGECHO SPORTS EDITOR
In the first half of thecollege football season,N.C. Central University’sfootball team has a recordof 3 wins and 4 losses.
Two wins and a losscame from within the Mid-Eastern AthleticConference.
However, the Eagles’record may not reflect thisbut they have had greatmoments through the first 7games of the 2014-2015 sea-son.
And head coach JerryMack is satisfied with whatthe team has produced onthe gridiron.
“We are a strong C andwe are making strides to bea great B,” Mack said.“We are doing great things
on offense, defense andspecial teams,” he said.
NCCU is ranked No. 1 intotal offense in the MEACwith 1,084 rushing yardsand 1,576 passing yards.
They average out to 380yards per game and rack up26.1 points per game.
The offense is led by red-shirt sophomore MalcolmBell, who jumped into therole in the middle of thethird game versus UNC--Charlotte.
“I came in and provideda spark for the team. Coachbelieved in both of us but atthat moment it was my timeto come in,” he said.
He is now being recog-nized within the MEAC as a
feared quarterback. Although the passing
attack for NCCU is flour-ishing, the running gameproduces just as muchattention.
The running game is ledby senior Andre Clarke,
with 9 total touchdownsand 470 yards on the sea-son. Alongside Clarke aretwo juniors, DeyontaWright and IdreisAugustus, who have talliedup 288 yards and a touch-down each.
Clarke said, “We havebeen very successful.
“Whenever our numbersget called, we make playsand produce as a collectiveunit for the team.”
Bell is second in rushingon the team but he admits
how critical the runningbacks are to the offense.
“It makes the passinggame easier because thelinebackers are closer tothe line trying to stop therun,” he said.
What has really caught
the eye of most from thefootball team is thedefense.
The defense is rankedsecond in opponents, con-verting third downs with26.7 percent, with 6 inter-ceptions and 8 forced fum-bles.
Mack said, “I think ourdefense is doing a great jobgetting people off the fieldon third down situations.
“Also, we do a good job oflimiting teams and causingturnovers.”
The team is led by seniorC.J. Moore, who seems toalways find his way to theball with his defensiveinstinct.
Moore said, “As adefense, we are coached upto play with a lot of effort,energy and 11 hats to theball in order to create a lotof turnovers, tackles forlosses and sacks.”
But of course every headcoach notices flaws thatneed to be fixed and Mackbelieves that they will beeasy to overcome.
“We have extremely waytoo many penalties rightnow in our league.
And in order to competein the MEAC championship[which we have our eyeson], we must limit thosepenalties,” he said.
The football team ispreparing to take onSavannah State thisSaturday, Oct. 25 in theO’Kelly-Riddick Stadium at2 p.m.
Coach Jerry Mack leads the Eagles football team out of the tunnel before the home game against Howard University, Oct. 4.MARKELL PITCHFORD/Echo staff photographer
Bell’s performance has MEAC ringingRedshirt sophomore makes noise within the conference
“I was really impressed with Malcolm;he did an extremely good job of managing the game
and made some big plays when he had to...”
JERRY MACKHEAD COACH OF N.C. CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM
BY LYNDON BASSECHO SPORTS REPORTER
After taking over thestarting quarterback posi-tion in week three of the sea-son, Malcolm Bell has raisedmany eyebrows in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conferenceand the N.C. CentralUniversity community.
The redshirt sophomorefrom Richmond, Va. hasbeen awarded “Player ofthe Week” by the MEAC.
The 6-foot-1-inch, 190-pound quarterback tookover the position and is cur-rently tied for first in theconference with 6 passingtouchdowns so far this sea-son, and third in conferencein pass efficiency, which is135.
In the three games Bellhas started in he has com-pleted 63.1 percent of hispasses with only two inter-ceptions. He has alsorecorded 1,031 passingyards and 321 rushing yards
on the field. The MEAC wasn’t the
only audience satisfied withBell’s progress.
“I was really impressedwith Malcolm; he did anextremely good job of man-aging the game and madesome big plays when he hadto,” said coach Jerry Mackin the post-game interviewagainst Howard Universityon Oct. 4.
“He has cleaned up someof the critical errors in theprevious game and he wasable to learn from it and puthimself in a position to helpus win the football game,”Mack said.
Bell said that he andMack “have been cool sinceday one and there’s neverbeen any tension” betweenthem.
Bell also considered him-self a mobile quarterback,with the ability to extendplays with his legs and stillbe an efficient passer.
He displayed those abili-ties when he started as
quarterback mid-waythrough the game againstthe 49ers of UNC Charlotteon Sept. 13.
Bell threw two touch-downs and drove down thefield, putting the runningbacks in a great position toscore. He then set his team-mates up to score yet anoth-er two touchdowns late inthe fourth.
His skills provided theteam with a spark thatfueled a 28-unansweredfourth quarter in a gamethat was a blowout withinthe first three quarters.
“We had nothing to loseat that time, so I had tocome out and provide aspark for the team; I wentout and executed the playscoach had in line for us,”Bell said.
“I just want to managethe game, have more winsthan losses, and I want tobe one of the best to do ithere at NCCU and win thering.”
Winning “Player of the
Week” in the MEAC confer-ence was a minor achieve-ment for him.
“I feel good about theaward but it’s just onegame, so hopefully if I go
out and do what I’m sup-posed to do, then I shouldget it every week,” said Bell.
“I’m just blessed to haveit and I’m working towardsmore.”
Bell also said he is hop-ing the campus is ready forsome wins and the team isgoing to do it big for theschool, bringing nothing butsuccess.
NCCU Quarterback Malcolm Bell drops back for a pass against the Howard Bisons’ defense.MARKELL PITCHFORD/Echo staff photographer
I t’s almost that time of theyear again—election day.This year it will be on Nov. 4,
but I am pretty sure that hard-ly any youngpeople, specifi-cally here at N.CCentralUniversity, areaware of that.Furthermore, Idoubt that theyplan on castingvotes.
It's no secret thatour generationdoes not really
participate in voting.In 2012, 57 percent of people
between the ages of 18-29voted, while 72 percent of peo-ple age 30 and up voted.
Unfortunately, the numberof voters dwindled not only foryoung blacks but for black peo-ple in general.
Still, I hear a lot of my fel-low classmates say, “our cur-rent tax policies are not fair,”“the prices in the store keeprising, yet we seem to keep get-ting paid less,” and “my votewon't count anyway.”
Yes, it can certainly seemlike nothing ever changes.
After all, there has been anincrease of bills, such as the
UNC system tax increase, thatmay seem to squeeze everydime out of our pockets thatwill affect us.
But if one investigates care-fully, why aren't things chang-ing?
The truth is that older,wealthier people are voting inlarge amounts, and they votefor candidates that align withtheir priorities.
So what happens as aresult?
Thanks to the tax reformpackage and the VoterInformation Verification Act,we’re getting taxed on ourmeal plans and the C-store,which depletes our flex dollarsat faster rates.
We must start showing ourstate identification cards tovote, and in 2016, we won’t beable to use student IDs or voteon campus.
These laws have certainlymade a negative impact. Howcan we expect things to changewhen we do nothing to push for
change?We cannot continue to
believe our votes do not countwhen we aren’t voting in largeamounts.
Obviously, 10 people votingfor a particular candidate willnot win. However, if 2,000 peo-ple vote then there’s a possibil-ity of a win.
Success comes with num-bers. The only way that thepeople who will lead this state,and even country, down theright path will be elected is ifwe all vote for them.
The only way a person ofour choice will lead our state,and country, onto a righteouspath if we all vote.
In 2008, people assembledaspiring to elect PresidentBarack Obama into the WhiteHouse, and he won the presi-dential election because peo-ple voted.
It’s ironic that black peoplesometimes say that their votedoesn’t count. It did countbecause if they (and other
minorities) didn’t vote, Obamawould have never been elect-ed.
“Our vote doesn't count”, isa persuasion, encouraging peo-ple not to vote. Although thisidea is slowly evaporating, vot-ing rates could still use atremendous increase.
Nov. 4 brings with it elec-tions for state senators andrepresentatives. Those are thepeople who will have thelargest effect on our lives.
They will decide the cost forcollege tuition, prices of con-cert tickets, whether early vot-ing will last 17 days or 10 days.They also determine how muchtaxes will be taken out of ourchecks.
Yes, politicians make prom-ises they can’t keep, that isnothing new. But it’s no excuseto not exercise our right tovote.
Ultimately, as free adult citi-zens we’re obligated to utilizeour voices. Our ancestorsfought hard for our rights toexpress ourselves and to beheard.
We must value our rightsand actively search for candi-dates who will work for thebetterment of our states andour nation.
Go out and vote!
Everybody wants be a thug!Everybody wants to be fromthe hood! Everybody wants
to be Instagram famous!Everybody wants to rap thelyrics to Lil’ Boosie, Future,Migos, and Rich Homie Quan!
But not every-body has to haveprofessionalattire!
Not everybodymakes a differ-ence in the com-munity!
Not everybodyput all his or hermight into votingand encouragingothers to vote!
Not everybodyunderstandsblack history or
knows the reason for urban soci-ety’s existence!
And not everybody realizeshow we’re allowing other peopleto coerce us into believing thatit’s OK to settle for less, to neg-lect our youth, to discriminateagainst people within our race,to use the N-word.
Time waits for no man andit’s time for young black peopleto wake up and understand our
worth. We may be unable to control
our destinies, but better under-standing our pasts will steer usto a clearer understanding oflife’s trials.
To understand our past doesnot mean to obsess about thestruggles that have hindered ourprogress: slavery, Jim Crowlaws, and the assassinations ofour leaders.
Let’s look at Durham’s past,for example. Black Wall Streetwas once the heartbeat ofDurham. It was dominated byblack-owned businesses, such asN.C. Mutual Life, the nation’soldest and largest black-ownedinsurance company.
In the face of segregation anddiscrimination, blacks madetheir businesses and built theirhomes.
Black leaders W.E.B. DuBoisand Booker T. Washington visit-ed Black Wall Street, glorifying
the success of Durham’s blackbusinesses and society.
Jim Crow didn’t stopDurham’s black business own-ers.
Black people have becometoo comfortable. We settle forless than we deserve.
After the Great Depression,the government began welfareprograms to help the poor.
These programs still exist,but there’s a big difference.
Today, there are more oppor-tunities to reach one’s potential,yet some black people stilldepend on government welfare.
Sometimes I feel we’ve lostour souls. We fail to guide ouryouth.
Black culture has been divid-ed by negative labels.
Some blacks believe they’rebetter than the next because oftheir income and social status.
Unfortunately, we cannot liveforever, so we should be living
to be forever remembered. We denigrate both ourselves
and other black people everytime we use the word “nigger.”
The power of the tongue isreal.
If we continue to speak igno-rantly about on our people,there will be no change.
We must learn more aboutthe positive aspects of our cul-ture.
In school, we’ve only learnedwhat teachers wanted us toknow.
You wouldn’t know it untilyou dig deeper black historythat we are capable of succeed-ing in anything.
There’s more to the stereo-typical caged “black beast” thanwhat’s on the label at the zoo.
Republicans may supportindividuals being independent,but I believe that the govern-ment has coerced us into believ-ing that we are dumb, talentless,weak and violent.
We have to become powerfulmen and women in black ratherthan orange.
We will build lifetimeachievements, courage andknowledge.
We are a dominant force.
12 Campus EchoWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014
“People aren’tengaged in learn-ing opportunities.People are morefocused on socialstatus and trends.”
— Shambre Tillman,Senior
“We don’t take thetime to educateourselves. No onewatches the newsto stay aware,because the newsdoesn’t specificallyinform blacks.”
— Alfena McDonald,Senior
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prohibit us from voting?
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