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BY NATALIAPEARSON-FARRER

ECHO STAFF REPORTER

Chancellor CharlieNelms has three questionsfor every N.C. CentralUniversity student, alumni,faculty member, staff mem-ber, and supporter:

“Do you believe in you?”“Do you believe in us?”“Are you committed to the

University’s mission andvision?”

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There was a home run atthe Durham Bulls AthleticPark last Thursday, but itwasn’t the kind you’d think.

It was, rather, a home runhit for the homeless.

And the batter: ProjectHomeless Connect.

The project gathered awide variety of services forthe homeless.

The project providedmedical and dental care,legal and housing advice,haircuts, food stamps, childcare enrollment and morefor Durham’s homeless.

“I got an opportunity tofind out about agencies thatcan help me in my situation,”

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Homeless get one-stop TLC Project Homeless provides medical, social services at Bulls Athletic Ballpark

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BY DENIQUE PROUTECHO STAFF REPORTER

One N.C. CentralUniversity student believeshaving to divulge her medicalhistory just to receive an on-campus handicapped stickerviolates her privacy.

Phyllistine Thorntonreceived an e-mail from theEqual EmploymentOpportunity/AffirmativeAction (EEO/AAO) Office onSept. 17, requesting her tocomplete a form allowing therelease of all her medicalinformation, including treat-ment and prognosis, in orderto receive the sticker.

To be designated as ahandicapped driver by theDepartment of MotorVehicles, state residents mustsubmit a form completed by adoctor, along with a $5 fee.

Thornton, a mass commu-nication senior, said her med-ical history should be viewedonly by medical profession-als. And she refused to com-ply with the school’s request.

“I was upset because Ihad already done what thestate required me to do toget my handicapped stick-er,” said Thornton, a self-described “non-traditionalstudent.”

EEO/AAO director AndriaKnight, in an e-mail sent toThornton, said the release isnecessary to verify her dis-ability and “to further deter-mine qualifications for dis-ability campus parkingaccommodations.”

Requiring such informa-tion is necessary so the sys-tem isn’t abused, Knightsaid.

“There are many peoplewho were getting over,” shesaid.

“People were abusing theprocess by using other peo-ple’s disability stickers astheir own.”

Students with NCCUhandicapped stickers areable to park in timed park-ing spaces as long as theywant.

University police willbegin strict parking enforce-ment throughout campustoday. Vehicles with illegal

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Chancellor’s speech callsfor transformation of

beliefs, behaviors

BY GEOFFREY COOPERECHO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Chancellor Charlie Nelmsand his administration cantake a breather — for now.

The Southern Associationof Colleges and Schools’Commission on Colleges(SACS), NCCU’s primaryaccreditation agency, grant-ed approval of degreesearned by the 25 graduateswho attended the unap-proved satellite campuslocated at New Birth

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BY BRANDI JOY MYERSECHO REPORTER

Student organizations atN.C. Central University arefacing a growing problem— there’s not enough spaceto go around.

Modeling organizationssuch as Evalesco and BonVivant are having troublegetting practice space.

Greek organizations alsoare having trouble gettingspace for their activities.

At a Sept. 8 SGA meetingto discuss homecomingplans, Janay T. Jones, amathematics and second-ary education senior and

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BY MONIQUE WHITEECHO STAFF REPORTER

The department of stu-dent leadership, trainingand development will host aUniversity-wide celebrationof humanitarian andrevered leader NelsonMandela this month.

The Oct. 11-17 celebra-tion will commemorate thelife of Mandela with a num-ber of activities and events.

The Nelson MandelaCelebration: Honoring aGreat Humanitarian andLeader was jump-started byPeggy Watson–Alexander,director of student leader-ship, training and develop-ment.

Watson-Alexander saidshe got the idea of celebrat-ing Mandela’s life whileattending a workshop lastspring.

At the workshop sheheard former South Africanambassador James A.Joseph speak about his

experience with leadershipwhile working withMandela from 1996-99.

Watson-Alexander saidshe already recognized thatMandela was a historicallyimportant leader, but hermeeting with Joseph set offa spark that led to the pro-gram.

Joseph will speak at B.N.Duke Oct. 14 at 4 p.m.

“Our aim is to give thefaculty and students anopportunity to engage inevents that will enrich theirlives on a holistic level,”said Watson-Alexander.

“So often, students onlyaddress the issues that arein their immediate proximi-ty, but we live in a globalsociety,” she said.

“We need to speak to theissues that are going on allaround the world.”

Working with a commit-tee of students and faculty,Carlton Wilson, co-chair of

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president of NCCU’sBonVivant FashionSociety, complained thatBonVivant has not beenable to prepare for itsshow because it hasn’tbeen allocated practicespace.

“How can we be askedto perform in a homecom-ing show, and sign con-tracts for it, but aren’tallowed to practice oncampus?” asked Jones.

“We will have to do whatis necessary at this pointto produce the best possi-ble product duringHomecoming 2008.

“As a student, I’velooked to my student gov-ernment and my adviserfor assistance in securinga building for our use.

“I’ve taken the properchain of command and itseems nothing is working,”she said.

Elementary educationjunior and Evalesco presi-dent Jaywon Armstrongsaid his organization hashad to practice its home-

coming performance at adaycare center owned bythe mother of an Evalescomember.

“I feel that it is unfairfor student organizationsto not be accessible tobuildings and practicespaces on campus,” hesaid.

“This puts more stresson the student organiza-tions’ leaders and mem-bers who are just trying todo what it takes to be suc-cessful.”

Lucretia Pinckney,NCCU’s special eventscoordinator, said studentorganizations’ requests forspace are being deniedprimarily because theresimply isn’t enough space.

But more space may beavailable in the Leroy T.Walker Physical EducationComplex.

According to Pinckney,Phillip Powell, director offacilities services, will betalking to Beverly Allen,chair of physical educa-tion and recreation, about

space in the complex. She also said that some

organizations do not havegood records of taking careof and cleaning up thespaces they use.

She said these organiza-tions are being denied onthat basis.

Residential DirectorStewart Johnson said heused to provide space tostudent organizations inRuffin Hall, but no more.

“As a residential direc-tor I am charged withoperations, maintenance,and upkeep of the buildingand I made my decisionbased off that,” Johnsonsaid.

“If someone is niceenough to allow you to usethe room, then you shouldbe nice enough to leave itin good condition.”

Leaders of these organi-zations need to encouragetheir members to be moreresponsible for the upkeepof their practice space toensure continued use.”

Procedures for space reservation:

1) An organization requestinguse of NCCU facilities mustfill out a form at the FacilitiesUse Office no later than 15days prior to the event. 2) The coordinator receivesthe request and determinesthe appropriate space for theactivity. 3) The coordinator enters therequest in a database andsends the request to thesupervisor of the requestedfacility to ensure that thefacility is available for therequested date.4) The Office of SpecialEvents receives the supervi-sor’s approval or denial andposts the outcome in the data-base. 5) The outcome is e-mailed tothe individual who requestedthe facility. 6) The coordinator lists theapproved event, along withdate, location and contactinformation for the usergroup, on the University cal-endar on the NCCU Web site.

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Convocation on Sept. 26,Nelms delivered his secondState of the UniversityAddress, charging each Eaglewith the personal task ofintensifying his or her focuson the NCCU community.

“No matter how well posi-tioned we are, theUniversity cannot achieveits potential without a trans-formation of individual andcollective beliefs, behaviorsand actions,” Nelms said.

He spoke with prideabout the strategic and oper-ative accomplishments ofthe past year throughout theUniversity.

“It is my contention thatNCCU is doing a commend-able job of achieving its mis-sion,” he said.

He gave examples ofprogress: an $800,000 feder-al grant to the School ofEducation, the accreditationof the School of Business’Hospitality and TourismProgram, a $5.6 milliongrant to the College ofScience and Technology, a34 percent increase in pri-vate gifts, and theUniversity’s adoption of newstandards for admission.

Nelms also outlined hisoperational priorities forthe academic year, whichincluded reaffirming theUniversity’s accreditation,emphasizing intellectuality,increasing graduation and

retention rates, and focusingon his Quality ServiceInitiative.

The chancellorannounced the launch of theUniversity’s ComprehensiveCentennial Fund Drive,“Invest in the Vision,” with afundraising target of $50 mil-lion by 2012, quipping thatthis seemingly massiveamount is far less than thegovernment’s proposed $700billion financial bailout plan.

Nelms hopes to raise halfthis amount by June 30, 2010,less than two weeks beforethe University’s centennialanniversary.

On a more serious note,Nelms discussed the eco-nomic decline in NorthCarolina amid what hetermed worldwide “turbu-lent times” of war, devastat-ing natural and manmadedisasters and an “economictsunami.”

“The world around us ismore turbulent than at anytime during my four decadesin higher education,” he said.

“If there was ever a timefor North Carolina CentralUniversity to fulfill allaspects of its mission andvision, now is the time.”

In a memo to the NCCUcommunity, Nelms outlinedplans to freeze vacancies instate-funded positions and toexamine the University’s pur-chase and travel decisions.

Missionary Baptist Churchin Lithonia, Ga.

The fate of some 45 cur-rent New Birth campus stu-dents remains in limbo.

A Sept. 23 letter fromSACS President BelleWheelan to Nelms statedthat although the site wasnot reported to SACS whenit was created, the academ-ic coursework completed bythe 25 graduates providedthem an education “compa-rable” to that of courseworkprovided at the Durhamcampus.

“…since the Commissionaccredits institutions andnot sites, this documenta-

tion supports my belief thatthe University’s granting ofthese degrees is appropri-ate,” Wheelan’s letter said.

Nelms and his adminis-tration submitted a compre-hensive report to SACS ear-lier this month outlining theNew Birth site’s academic,financial and legal status.

The decision wasreached after extensiveevaluations by NCCU andUNC GeneralAdministration representa-tives. Their report exam-ined New Birth’s academiccurriculum, student sus-tainability and faculty cre-dentials.

The Georgia campusoffered degrees in businessadministration, criminaljustice and hospitality andtourism. External expertsin these programs also werebrought in to assess the cur-riculum.

The off-site campus ishome and preaching groundto 1976 NCCU alumnus andUniversity trustee BishopEddie Long.

The satellite campus wascreated in 2004 under theadministration of formerNCCU Chancellor JamesAmmons, now president ofFlorida A&M University.

In an interview last

month with the News &Observer, Ammons said heassumed full responsibilityfor the program’s currentsituation.

He said that he did notrecollect all of the details ofthe program’s existence andthought it had already gonethrough the correct chan-nels for approval.

The program stoppedadmitting students in March2007.

The campus was shutdown in June after it wasdiscovered that the campushad not gone through thecorrect approval proce-dures.

the celebration, said hewants students to knowabout Mandela’s place inhistory.

“As we move furtheraway from history makers,some students may not beaware of figures likeMandela,” Wilson said.

Mandela is recognizedfor his leadership role inending apartheid — thestate- sanctioned racialseparation of whites andblacks in South Africa.

He got involved in poli-tics in 1944 when he joinedthe African NationalCongress as an activist.

He then established andbecame president of theANC Youth League.

In 1964, he was sen-tenced to life in prison forsabotage and trying to over-throw the government byviolence.

After 25 years in prison,

he was released on Feb. 2,1990 after a protestersworldwide rallied in sup-port of Mandela’s freedom.

In 1991, Mandela waselected the first black pres-ident of South Africa.

He remained presidentuntil 1999.

Mandela has receivedmore than 100 awards in hislifetime, including theNobel Peace Prize in 1993,which he shares with for-mer South African presi-dent F.W. de Klerk.

Biology junior KenyaGoins said the celebrationis a great opportunity forstudents to better under-stand Mandela’s pursuit ofjustice.

“Being at a historicallyblack university, this givesme a greater appreciationfor those who came beforeus,” she said.

The week’s events:

Habitat for HumanityService Project (EarnCommunity Service Hours)Saturday, Oct. 11Time: 1p.m. - 4:30 p.m.Transportation provided. Noon pick-up at Alfonso ElderStudent Union.Sign up at the AcademicCommunity Service LearningOffice, 530-5384.Worship Service and Lunch10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 12.Grace Church of DurhamFree transportation and lunchat Golden Corral followingchurch service. Bus leaves at 9:15 a.m. fromthe George Street parking lot.Nelson Mandela ArtExhibitionTuesday, Oct. 14 throughSunday, Nov. 3.NCCU Art Museum

Forum: Dr. James Joseph4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14Fmr. Ambassador to S. AfricaLocation: B.N. DukeAuditoriumAfrican DayEnjoy African cuisine and wearAfrican attire. Wednesday, Oct. 15NCCU CafeteriaStudent and OrganizationTributes to MandelaHonor Mandela through song,dance, poetry, and more.6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16H.M. Michaux School ofEducationAdmission: Three cannedgoods for AIDS Project.Service Project: The LegacyLives on Freedom TreePlanting CeremonyFriday, Oct. 17Time: 3:30 p.m.Location: Outside CriminalJustice BuildingNELMS

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Thornton was told shecould instead show herSocial Security award letter,which verifies that shereceives disability pensionmoney. She also thought thatwas too personal.

Knight, who wouldn’t dis-cuss Thornton’s case specifi-cally, said students are notobligated to release theirmedical records as long as

they provide proof of theirdisability.

For now, Thornton parksabout two blocks from cam-pus.

She believes her state-issued designation shouldbe enough for an on-campusspot.

“I choose to not pay the$150 [parking fee] and givethem all my personal infor-mation for a parking spacethat probably won’t existanyway,” she said.

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Got a beef, a kudo, an idea?NCCU is Listening aims to improve the University’s customer service, one complaint, one idea at a time

BY MICHAELDEWEESE-FRANK

ECHO STAFF REPORTER

Got a compliment, com-plaint, question or sugges-tion about something atN.C. Central University?

If so, NCCU’s QualityService Initiative (QSI)wants to hear from you,whether you’re a student, ateacher or a staff member.

NCCU is Listening iswhere it all happens.

It’s web form on theQuality Service Initiative’sWeb site that lets theUniversity community playa part in making NCCU asmoother running opera-tion.

Comments can be madeabout anything or anydepartment at theUniversity.

Chancellor CharlieNelms introduced theQuality Service Initiative infall 2007.

Students say they likethe idea behind NCCU isListening.

“I think it’s good ... stu-dents have a lot of opinionsand it will be good at get-ting those opinions heard,”said Candace Taylor, ele-mentary education fresh-man.

Judith C. Bell, QSI direc-tor of training and develop-ment, said student feedbackis important “… to help usunderstand what the issuesand concerns are.”

When the program firstbegan, the initiativereceived little feedback, butin the last month or so, 25comments have beenreceived.

“I am encouraged by thenumber of complaints

we’ve received recently,”said Bell, adding that shewants to see more partici-pation, especially fromNCCU students.

“Complaints are like thetip of an iceberg,” said Bell.

If one person makes acomplaint, she explained,there are usually manymore people with the samecomplaint who haven’tbothered to tell us.

Bell said she plans towork with the StudentGovernment Association toget more students to com-ment using the NCCU isListening form.

“My primary missionright now is to keep it visi-ble,” said Bell.

Feedback is “crucial inproviding data,” said Bell,who explained that NCCU

is Listening helps theUniversity capture data sys-tematically so somethingcan be done.

The NCCU is Listeningform does require the userto provide contact informa-tion.

“Anonymity destroys thecredibility of their con-cerns,” said Bell.

The initiative may needfurther information fromwhoever submitted thefeedback to make sure theissue is addressed accu-rately and appropriately.

Bell said she checks tomake sure that everyonewho has made a commentusing the NCCU isListening form hasreceived a response within24 hours.

“All the ones we’ve

received to this date havebeen responded to,” addedBell.

Collecting feedback onNCCU is Listening is justone function of the initia-tive.

Other functions includetraining, recognition andawards, which will beaimed at University admin-istrators, faculty and staff.

The initiative’s missionincludes “… improving thequality of student life,increasing learning andincreasing customer satis-faction.”

Overall, in this initiative,Bell feels the main cus-tomers are the students.

“Nobody can do anythingalone,” said Bell.

“I want more people tobe a part of the solution.”

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FulbrightBY JASON JONESECHO STAFF REPORTER

By all accounts, it’simportant for students tobe exposed to other coun-tries and cultures.

But N.C. CentralUniversity students are tak-ing little advantage of onehighly recognized studyabroad program— the U.S.Student Fulbright Program.

The program, whichfunds 1,500 seniors andgraduate students a year,pays a stipend and researchallowance, and coverstransportation and medicalinsurance expenses.

So far, only one NCCUstudent has participated inthe program — Kevin Hales,a history student who trav-eled to Ghana in 1997.

Hales described theexperience as life-changingand recommended that stu-dents work hard to findsome way to study abroad.

“Overall, I learned a lotmore about myself in thatone semester than I did inthe three and a half yearsin my home school,” saidHales.

He described his expe-rience as “a unique spacein which I learned, experi-enced, and spent exploringanother culture.”

Olivia Jones, NCCU’sassistant director ofInternational Affairs andFulbright program adviser,said competition for theStudent Fulbright Programis fierce.

For example, the pro-gram received 467 applica-tions for travel to South

Africa and the Sub-Sahararegion but only funded 50.

The Fulbright StudentProgram is part of a largerinternational exchangeprogram funded by the U.S.Department of State, whichsent some 6,000 scholars,students and professionalsabroad at a cost of $262 mil-lion in 2007.

Since the program wasestablished in 1946, it hassent about 82,000Americans abroad.

According to its web sitethe international exchangeprogram was initiated “toincrease mutual under-standing between the peo-ple of the United Statesand the people of othercountries.”

Morgan State Universityhas been the most success-ful historically black uni-versity to get students intothe Fulbright StudentProgram.

In all, MSU has had 120students on Fulbright-relat-ed study abroad grants.

Since 1993, UNC-ChapelHill students have received104 program grants.

Jones said there areopportunities to studyabroad besides theFulbright.

“Just because most ofour students get turneddown doesn’t mean theycan’t ever study abroad,”said Jones.

Jones said studentsinterested in studyingabroad should set up anappointment at the Officeof International Affairs inroom 118 of the Lee Biology

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Internships – We want ’em. They’ve got ’em.Career Services Web site allows job seekers to build and post portfolios for employers to see

BY CARA OXENDINEECHO STAFF REPORTER

Everyone imagines graduatingfrom college, getting a great joband living happily ever after — butthat’s not always the case.

Competition is fierce and jobsare limited.

N.C. Central University’sCareer Services program is beingrevamped to help students transi-tion into this changing workforce.

Internships seem to be the easi-est way for students to improvetheir resumes and ensure a jobafter graduation. Some depart-ments, such as the department of

environmental science, evenrequire them.

Career Services is “trying tocoordinate a concerned effortacross campus to track where peo-ple are and what they are doing,how internships are handled andmaybe even help” said CharmaineMcKissick-Melton, associate pro-fessor and internship coordinatorin the department of mass commu-nication.

Donna Hembrick, AssistantDirector of ExperientialEducation in Career Services, hasbeen here one month.

“I want to move towards a newprocess, or a new way of thinking,”

said Hembrick.She’s using evaluations and sur-

veys to track students participat-ing in internships as well as work-ing with individual departments,students and employers.

This process allows her depart-ment to track trends, so it canactively recruit employers thatstudents are interested in.

“If you want an internship forthe summer, you need to start look-ing now,” said Melton. NCCU stu-dents are competing for the samespots as students at nearby univer-sities.

“Your sophomore year is not tooearly to start either pursuing an

internship, or at least the thoughtprocess,” said Hembrick.

Teccara Carmack, mass commu-nication senior, encouraged stu-dents to use Career Services“because it is so helpful” — she gotan internship with ABC-11 news bybeing persistent and prepared.

“I met Monica Barnes a longtime ago and gave her my resume,but she came back for a luncheonand I met her again, said Carmack.

“I told her I was interested inan internship and she took myresume again … and I got into theprogram.”

Those who register with theCareer Services Web site are regis-

tering with EagleTRAK (ET), a joband internship search site thatallows participants to build a portfo-lio and resume for employers to see.

“We post all of our openings,full and part-time, on ET so youcan go into the system and searchthe database for internships thatmay be of interest to you” saidHembrick.

Career Services is online atwww.nccu.edu/students/careerser-vices.cfm.

The site includes links to joband salary research, developmen-tal workshops, lessons on corpo-rate etiquette and mock inter-views.

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said Larry, a homelessclient who asked to bereferred by his first name.

Homeless clients alsowere able to get help get-ting copies of birth certifi-cates and state IDs.

Veterans were able tofind out about militarybenefits and medical serv-ices available to them.

“It’s just great to beable to help so many peo-ple with so many things allin one place at one time,”said NCCU social worksenior Bruce Hanks.

Hanks is an intern withProject HomelessConnect.

According to theTriangle United Way,there were about 500homeless individuals liv-ing in Durham in 2006.

Of these 500, 157 wereconsidered chronicallyhomeless and 64 werechildren.

About 21 percent wereveterans and 10 percentwere suffering from amental illness.

A large number, 73 per-cent, were chronic sub-stance users.

Volunteers at the eventincluded NCCU and Dukestudents, community lead-

ers, pastors and churchmembers, doctors anddentists.

This is the second yearthe event has been held inDurham.

Last year, the project’s136 volunteers served 231homeless clients.

Lanea Foster, Project

Homeless Connect’s coor-dinator, said the mostrewarding thing about theevent “is for someone tocome to the event withouthousing and leave withhousing.”

Foster is a resourcespecialist for Durham’sTen-Year Plan to End

Chronic Homelessness.The Ten-Year plan is a

project of Durham County,the City of Durham, andthe Triangle United Way.

Orange and Wake coun-ties also held homelessconnect events lastThursday.

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U.S. low on surveyof green habits

White dwarf previews sun’s deathAstronomers say sun has about 4 billion years left to shine

BY QUEENIE WONGMCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS (MCT)

WWAASSHHIINNGGTTOONN —— Americansrank last in a new NationalGeographic-sponsored sur-vey released Wednesdaythat compares environmen-tal consumption habits in14 countries.

Americans were leastlikely to choose the greeneroption in three out of fourcategories — housing,transportation and con-sumer goods — according tothe assessment.

In the fourth category,food, Americans rankedahead of Japanese con-sumers, who eat more meatand seafood.

The rankings, called“Greendex,” are the first tocompare the lifestyles andbehaviors of consumers inmultiple countries, accord-ing to the NationalGeographic Society.

It plans to conduct the100-plus question surveyannually and considerstrends more important thanyearly scores, said TerryGarcia, executive vice pres-ident of NationalGeographic’s mission pro-grams.

“This is not just a one-time snapshot,” Garciasaid. “Some of the mostimportant information mayyet be revealed.”

India and Brazil tied for

the highest score — 60points out of 100. U.S. con-sumers scored 44.9.

In between, Chinascored 56.1, Mexico 54.2,Hungary 53.2, Russia 52.4,Great Britain 50.2, Germany50.2, Australia 50.2, Spain50, Japan 49.1, France 48.7and Canada 48.5.

Results are based on1,000 online respondentsper country interviewed byGlobeScan, an internation-al polling firm based inToronto.

To see how you score,take an abbreviated versionof the survey. It’s at: http://event.national-geographic.com/greendex/

A separate GlobeScansurvey showed consumersin Brazil, Mexico and Chinato be most concerned aboutglobal warming.

In general, people indeveloping countries weremore worried about harm-ing the environment thanthose in developed oneswere. They also live insmaller houses, are morelikely to consume locallyproduced food and morelikely to get to work by foot,bike or public transporta-tion.

The consumer choicerankings were adjusted forfactors in which individualshave no control, such as cli-mate and the availability ofmass transit.

BY ROBERT S. BOYDMCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS (MCT)

WWAASSHHIINNGGTTOONN —— Astronomersat 25 observatories aroundthe world began aimingtheir telescopes this weekat a preview of our sun’seventual death.

Their target is a slowlycooling “white dwarf ” starin the constellation Virgothat eventually will becomea cold, black cinder.

A similar fate is forecastfor the sun, but not to worry.That won’t happen for atleast 4 billion years.

“Someday the sun will bea white dwarf,” said JudithProvencal, an astronomer atthe University of Delawarein Newark.

“It’s forming the whitedwarf in its core right now.”

Most stars become whitedwarfs after they exhausttheir nuclear fuel.

They aren’t burning any-more, as the sun is, butglowing like embers in adying fire.

Dwarfs are extremelydense, holding as muchmaterial as the sun in abody the size of our planet.Astronomers say that a tea-spoon of white dwarf mate-rial would weigh about a tonon Earth.

The series of white dwarfobservations, scheduled torun until May 1, is a projectof an international astro-

nomical network known asthe Whole Earth Telescope.

The viewings beganWednesday night at theSouthern African LargeTelescope, a 39-foot-widemirror in Sutherland, SouthAfrica. Observatories inSpain, Delaware, Texas,Arizona, Hawaii, NewZealand, Australia, Chinaand so on around the globewill provide around-the-clock coverage, ending May1 in Brazil.

“We like to have two tele-scopes at each longitude,”said Provencal, the coordi-nator of the project.

“That way, if one iscloudy, hopefully the otherwon’t be.” A trial run at fourEuropean observatorieslast November failedbecause Europe was sockedin by snow and clouds theentire month.

The target, a white dwarfknown as IU Vir, some 300trillion miles from Earth,alternately brightens anddims as huge blobs of mate-rial in its interior rise andfall, rather like a lava lamp.

The goal of the observa-tions is to determine therate of changes in the star’sbrightness over time, whichwill let astronomers figureout how fast it’s cooling.

The rate slows slightly asthe star cools.

“Once a white dwarfforms, all it does is sit thereand cool,” Provencal said.“So we can measure thetemperature of a whitedwarf, and we can figure outhow long it took to cool tothat temperature and hencedetermine how old it is.”

Currently, the tempera-ture of IU Vir is thought tobe about 21,500 degreesFahrenheit.

The coolest known whitedwarf is about 2,500degrees.

Astronomers think thatwhite dwarfs are the finalstage in the evolution of alow- or medium-mass star,

such as our sun. When the sun burns up

all its hydrogen, it will swellinto an enormous “redgiant” that will swalloweverything in the solar sys-tem as far out as Mars.

In time, the red giant willshed its outer layers, form-ing a ringlike object called aplanetary nebula.

Its core will be a whitedwarf.

By the time that happens,the Earth will have beendestroyed and mankindwith it, unless our descen-dants have found a way toreach a planet circlinganother, younger star.

The fate of the SunAbout 4 billion years from now, the Sun will slowly fade and burn out.The life cycle of stars, including the Sun:

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Region of condensing

matter

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and shine less brightly

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around diminishing

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BY EMMA GRAVESFITZSIMMONS AND BONNIE

MLLER RUBINCHICAGO TRIBUNE (MCT)

CCHHIICCAAGGOO —— Lauren Pfeiffersaid she doesn’t have toworry about what’s on herFacebook profile, but shecan’t say the same about herfellow students.

“Some of my friendscould get in trouble withtheir photos,” said the jun-ior at Andrew High Schoolin Tinley Park, Ill.

“I wouldn’t want it to be adeciding factor in theirfuture.”

The idea that a lapse incyber-judgment could altera life trajectory might oncehave been dismissed asparanoia.

But with some admis-sions officers confirming ina new survey that they visitsocial-networking sites,high schoolers say gettinginto college is no longer

only about sky-high testscores and impressiveextracurricular activities.

Now it means beingsmart about their onlinepersonas as well.

In a new survey, 10 per-cent of admissions officersfrom prestigious schoolssaid they had peeked atsites like Facebook andMySpace to evaluate col-lege-bound seniors.

Of those using the pro-files, 38 percent said it hada “negative impact” on theapplicant, according toKaplan Inc., the educationservices company thatpolled the officers.

At least one admissionsofficer had rescinded anoffer because of an appli-cant’s postings, the surveyresults showed.

The survey went out to500 schools — of which 320responded – in July andAugust and promisedanonymity.

The finding highlights a

technological world movingso fast that neither the stu-dents nor the schools havehad time to factor in all theimplications.

What’s clear is that stu-dents have yet anotherpotential obstacle to navi-gate in an increasinglyfierce competition for slotsin the country’s top univer-sities.

The networking siteswere virtually nonexistentfive years ago but now areapproaching cell phone usein popularity.

With few schools havingformal guidelines in place,“we’re in a period of figur-ing out this technology ...and exactly where the

boundaries are going to be,”said Jeff Olson, who headsresearch for Kaplan’s testpreparation division.

At the University ofNotre Dame, whichreceived 14,000 applica-tions for 1,985 slots lastyear, assistant provost forenrollment Dan Saracinosaid he and his staff “don’tgo out of our way” to scruti-nize students online, butsometimes they come acrossa candidate portraying him-self or herself in a less-than-flattering light.

“It’s typically inappropri-ate photos — like holdingup a can of beer at a party,”Saracino said.

In those instances, hewill reach out and ask thatage-old parental query:“What were you thinking?”

“We try to turn it into ateaching moment,” he said.“It’s an opportunity to letstudents know that whatthey put on these sites is notjust between you and yourfriends, but you and theworld.”

On the other hand, usingthe Internet to vet some-one’s character seems over-ly intrusive to Northwest-ern University’s Christo-pher Watson.

“We consider Facebookand MySpace their personalspace,” said the dean ofundergraduate admissions.

“It would feel somewhatlike an invasion of privacy.”

That sentiment was sec-

onded by Ted O’Neill, deanof admissions at theUniversity of Chicago, whowas surprised by the sur-vey’s results.

“We don’t have a policynot to look; we just don’tlook,” he said.

“Despite the fact thatthese things are semi-public... I don’t think we should bespying on things that aren’tintended for us.”

Even so, the findings giveadults a bit of extra ammu-nition in urging discretion— not always the firstimpulse for adolescents.

Gloria Mueller, collegecounseling coordinator atGlenbrook South HighSchool in Glenview, Ill, saidshe has been telling kids tobe careful with their post-ings ever since she firstheard that colleges, as wellas and employers, werechecking out Web sites.

“You never know whenthis will come back to biteyou,” she said.

Sharyn Reiff of Skokie,Ill., already had “the talk” acouple of years ago with herson, Jordan, a senior atNiles North High School,that resulted in his deletingsome inappropriate con-tent.

“He loves his Facebookand he makes it funny, buthe knows it has to be good,clean fun,” said Reiff,whose son has his hopespinned on Brown Universityor Reed College.

“He also knows thatthere are a lot talented kidsout there and he needsevery advantage he canget.”

Ethan Goldsmith, a sen-ior, said he, too, already wasexercising caution becauseNew Trier Township HighSchool has suspended stu-dents from sports teams forbrandishing a beer in pho-tos online.

Kaplan’s Olson stressedthat schools weren’t rou-tinely checking the sites aspart of the evaluationprocess but were visitingonly if there is was some-thing troublesome in theapplication or informationthat needs needed to beconfirmed.

With colleges expecting arecord number of applica-tions this year, the surveyresults should serve as awake-up call for both stu-dents and parents, he said.

“Today’s application isnot just what you send ... butwhatever they can Googleabout you,” Olson said.

For Pfeiffer, thinkingabout her friends’ photosand profanity-laden“bumper stickers” — andhow easily it all could bemisinterpreted — led her tothis conclusion: “I will defi-nitely be changing my priva-cy settings now.”

Tribune reporter Jodi S.Cohen also contributed tothis report.

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Information regarding registration, polling locations, absentee by mail voting, one

stop hours, or other election matters may be obtained by contacting the Board of

Elections at: 919-560-0700 or www.co.durham.nc.us/elec or 706 W. Corporation

St., Durham, NC, 27701

ATTENTION STUDENTSNOTICE OF HISTORICAL ELECTION EVENT

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

The Durham County Board of Elections will conduct a General Election on Tuesday, November

4, 2008. All of our 57 polling places will be open from 6:30am until 7:30pm.

Races on the ballot will be: US President and Vice President, US Senate, US House of

Representatives, Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Commissioner of

Agriculture, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Labor, Secretary of State,

Superintendent of Public Instruction, Treasurer, NC Senate 18,20, NC House 29,30,31,55,

District Attorney, County Commissioner (5), Register of Deeds, NC Supreme Court Associate

Justice, NC Court of Appeals Judge (6), District Court Judge, Soil and Water Conservation

District Supervisor, and Tax Referendum.

All registered voters residing in Durham County are eligible and encouraged to vote in this

election. Voters who are currently registered need not re-register. Citizens who have not regis-

tered or voters who have moved or changed other information since they last voted must notify

the Board of Elections by 5pm, Friday, October 10, 2008.

NOTICE OF ONE STOP NO EXCUSE ABSENTEE VOTING

Any Durham County registered voter can vote early — you’ll receive the exact same ballot as

you would at your precinct on Election day. If you have moved, it is easy to update your

address at any one stop site.

ONE STOP LOCATIONS

• Board of Elections Office: 706 W. Corporation St, Durham, NC 27701

• NCCU Campus: Parrish Center Meeting Room, 1400 S. Alston Ave, Durham, NC

27707

• Duke University Campus: Old Trinity Room, West Union, 114 Chapel Dr, Durham, NC

27708

• North Regional Library: 231 Milton Rd, Durham, NC 27712

• East Regional Library: 211 Lick Creek Ln, Durham, NC 27703

• Forest View Elementary: 3007 Mt. Sinai Rd, Durham, NC 27705

• Southwest Elementary: 2320 Cook Rd, Durham, NC 27713

ONE STOP HOURS (SAME FOR ALL 7 LOCATIONS)

• Thur-Sat Oct 16-18 9am-5:30pm

• Sun Oct 19 12noon-3pm

• Mon-Sat Oct 20-25 9am-5:30pm

• Sun Oct 26 12noon-5:30pm

• Mon-Wed Oct 27-29 9am-5:30pm

• Thur-Fri Oct 30-31 9am-7pm

• Sat Nov 1 9am-1pm

SAME DAY REGISTRATION-Voters are allowed to register and vote at one stop sites.

It is quicker and easier to register in advance, but if you have not registered you can do

it at one stop with proper identification. (This same day registration is not allowed at the

precincts on election day.)

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Last September,N.C. CentralUniversity under-graduate intramu-ral coordinator sen-

ior, Jason Rutherford, underadvisement from CoachVaughan, began a men’sintramural flag footballteam.

He said it would give stu-dents an extracurricularopportunity.

“What about the studentswho are not participating inanything?” asked Rutherford.

“Other than classwork,intramurals sports is life tothem.”

With the success of themen’s team, Rutherfordthought it was necessary tostart a women’s intramuralflag football team.

After several requests frominterested students,

Rutherford held an interestmeeting at the L. T. WalkerComplex in late August.

Women who wanted toplay signed up and got theirassigned teams.

There are eight teams witha total of 60 girls who playeach other in the pre-season.

The best females fromeach team are allowed totravel and play againstschools like St. AugustineCollege and Shaw University.

The women’s team isscheduled to participate inthe Historically Black CollegeUniversity Challenge, to beplayed at NCCU on Oct. 11.

The tournament allows allHBCU flag football teams tocompete.

This is the first year thatmen and women’s intramu-ral teams will play in thetournament, as well as thefirst year that the women willserve as “power puffs”instead of “powder puffs.”

According to Rutherford,the name, powder puff isoften associated with femi-ninity.

“We treasure our NCCUwomen and want to empow-er them, so we change thename from powder topower,” he said.

Rutherford is looking forinterested students beforethe start of the Oct. 4 sea-son. They can e-mail him [email protected].

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BY DAVID L. FITTS, JRECHO STAFF WRITER

It’s not every day that legends makeit to an event in Durham

The place where legends comeevery year is The Bull Durham BluesFestival.

The festival, held each September,is presented by St. Joseph’s HistoricFoundation, Inc. and is a majorfundraiser in support of St. Joseph’sHayti Heritage Center.

This year, the festival was heldfrom Sept. 18 - 20.

Held at the new Durham BullsAthletic Park, the festival started 21years ago in 1987.

Until this year, the festival has beenheld at the original Durham AthleticPark.

The festival was held at the newpark because the original park isbeing renovated.

“Putting the festival together is anexciting challenge,” said DiannePledger, executive producer of theBull Durham Blues Festival.

Pledger, who has been at Hayti for18 years, thoroughly enjoys bluesmusic, especially that played at the

festival.“No two Blues festivals are the

same,” said Pledger.The weekend started Thursday

night at Hayti with a concert featuringScott Ainslie & Ernie Hawkings andThe M. S.G. Acoustic Trio.

Friday and Saturday night concertswere held at the park. Friday night’sline-up included Marcia Ball,Clarence Carter, Rosie Ledet, and theContagious Blues Band.

The final night’s line-up included

Taj Mahal, Denise Lasalle, BernardAllison, and Big Road Blues.

Throughout the weekend, bothattendance and excitement grew.

Approximately 15,000 peopleattended.

The festival brings not only fans,but also musicians.

A longtime lover of the blues, MelMelton has performed at the BluesFestival three times.

This year was Melton’s first yearattending the festival as a vendor.

Melton owns a Durham restaurant,Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse.

He and his band, “Mel Melton &The Wicked Mojos,” have opened forlegends, including the late IsaacHayes, who performed at the BullDurham Blues Festival in 2003.

Melton has been involved with theBlues Festival since 1994. He onceserved on the committee that selectedthe entertainment for the blues festival.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity togive back to the community,” saidMarie Simmons, a volunteer.

As another festival cames to an end,preparation is already underway toget next year’s Bull Durham BluesFestival organized.

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It’s been a long time coming for Phillynative Jazmine Sullivan, and I must sayit was well worth the wait.

Her recently released album,Fearless, is exactly what was expected —soulful, energetic and diverse, despitethe late start that the songbird andwriter got after being dropped from alabel at 17.

Now four years later, Sullivan hasspread her wings, writing and singingsongs about the good and bad experi-ences that many may encounter.

There isn’t one track on the album that sounds likethe next.

There is a little something on this album to cater toall.

There is a little blues, like the track, “Bust Windows,”which gives knowledge to all the fellas about the conse-quences of heartache.

“One Night Stand” speaks of a man who just couldn’tget enough after one night.

Sullivan’s first single, “Need UBad” is a hit single, produced bymusic extravaganza Missy Elliot.

This single has received radioplay and has consistently been at thetop of the charts.

The album comes with a remixto the track “Need U Bad,” with T.I.,the guy everyone loves to hate.

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Hip hop,history ofthe word

BY ERICA MCRAEECHO STAFF WRITER

Born out of a need foropen-mic expression, poet-ry slams have become morepopular since the early1980s.

Spoken word poetry hasspread to television andBroadway and has been rec-ognized by educators as anaid to a generation threat-ened by the loss of languageskills.

“History of the Word,”which opens Oct. 3 atDurham’s Carolina Theatre,fuses hip hop, spoken word,music and theater into anextraordinary theatricalperformance.

This play follows thelives of six high school stu-dents over a single day asthey struggle with theiridentities and learn to navi-gate the world, filled withdreams, fears, and a con-stant need to be accepted.

The Durham perform-ance, the play’s world pre-miere, is performed by acast of young, multiculturalartists who explore themesthat affect young peopletoday, like self-image, fami-ly, and religion.

Only through writing andspoken word can the stu-dents move towards empow-erment and acceptance.

By exploring the rela-tionships between their his-tory, lives, and their lan-guages, “History” chal-lenges these students tostep up to the mic, findtheir voices, and celebratetheir diversity.

Originally conceived byOrin Wolf, “History” isintended to do for spokenword what “A Chorus Line”did for dancers.

Wolf composed a book ofhundreds of poems from sixof the country’s most talent-ed spoken word poets,which was later turned intothe basis for playwright BenSnyder’s script.

In this book, the poetswrite about their highschool experiences andissues that were mostimportant in their lives.

Variety News hailed theplay as “a vividly profoundcelebration of pride, hopeand determination.”

They deemed it “insight-ful, inspiring and com-pelling.”

The Carolina Theatre islocated at 309 West MorganStreet in downtownDurham. Shows are Oct. 3and 4 at 8:00 p.m.

Through the generosityof Duke University, tickets,normally $40, are discount-ed to $5 for any universitystudent.

BY LEESA SWIFTECHO STAFF WRITER

“Home,” a play writtenby N.C. Central Universityartist-in-residence Samm-Art Williams, opensFriday at the UniversityTheatre.

“Home” received a1980 Tony Award nomina-tion for “Best BroadwayPlay.”

The play tells the storyof a happy-go-lucky farmboy named Cephus Miles,played by theatre fresh-man Alphonse Nicholson.

Cephus suffers a num-ber of misfortunes, includ-ing the death of a fatherfigure and the loss of hischildhood sweetheart.

Cephus endures andovercomes these hard-ships by turning to theteachings instilled in himas a child. The voicesguide and remind him ofhis identity.

“It’s the recognitionthat these voices arethose of loved onesreminding him of who hewas, is, and will alwayswill be,” said KarenDacons-Brock, associateprofessor and director.“‘Home’ is about triumph

over adversity and keep-ing one’s faith despite cir-cumstances that seeminsurmountable,” saidDacons-Brock.

She said the playsencompasses numerousthemes.

“... For me it is aboutkeeping your roots insideyou,” she said. “In the end

you usually come back towho you really are.”

Dacons-Brock said herversion of the play usesNegro spirituals, such as“Steal Away” and “Didn’tMy Lord Deliver Daniel,”more than the originalplay.

“Being a musical iswhat Samm-Art Williamshad always wanted,” shesaid.

The musical arrange-ments are by GroverWilson, Jr., NCCU’s direc-tor of choral activities.

The play is choreo-graphed by Stafford BerryJr., associate artisticdirector of the ChuckDavis African-AmericanDance Ensemble.

Williams is known forhis work in television. Hewas co-executive produc-er of the criticallyacclaimed “Frank’s Place”and “The Fresh Prince ofBel-Air.”

Williams wrote “Home”in 1975 while living inNew York City.

In 2007, he told theCampus Echo that at theage of 15 he was inspiredby Langston Hughes’poem “I Too SingAmerica.”

“I then decided that Iwanted my words toinspire others as well,”said Williams.

Williams was born inBurgaw, N.C. nearWilmington in 1946. Hestudied political scienceat Morgan StateUniversity.

He was described by

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The Lady Eagles volley-ball team earned secondplace last weekend in theN.C. Central Universityinvitational volleyballtournament.

On the first day, theEagles dropped their firstmatch of the day toHouston Baptist Universityfor a score of 3-0 (25-22, 26-24, 25-16). However, at thenight contest, NCCUdefeated South CarolinaState University 3-1 (25-20,22-25, 25-19, 25-18) to earn aday-one split.

The winning streakcontinued on the secondday when the Lady Eaglesswept Alabama StateUniversity in the firstmatch of the day with aconvincing 3-0 victory (25-12, 25-2, 25-21).

NCCU Shaina Pryor,junior right side hitter,amassed a match-high of11 kills on 18 attempts,while adding two blocks tolead the Eagles. Rookiesetter Kiara Brown, soph-omore, came off the benchfor 13 assists.

In the second game,against HamptonUniversity, NCCU defeat-ed the Lady Pirates 3-0(25-21, 26-24, 25-14).

Belinda Behncke-Biney, sophomore, out-side hitter, served sevenstraight points in the firstset, including three con-secutive service aces tohelp NCCU to victory.

In the second set,Behncke-Biney added 10kills, five service aces andnine digs. AvanikiCampbell, junior outsidehitter, and Nadia Hayes,junior middle blocker,added nine kills each.

Junior libero RachelLloyd helped the teamwith a team high of 10 digs.

NCCU posted a 3-1record to achieve secondplace in the event.

Houston Baptist went 4-0 to claim the NCCUInvitational title. The LadyHuskies were led by all-tournament player MeganKlimitchek and tourna-ment most valuable playerNatalie Magat.

In four matches forNCCU, Behncke-Bineyamassed 31 kills, 29 digsand 20 service aces.Avaniki Campbell collect-ed 34 kills and four blocks,and Shaina Pryor record-ed 24 kills and six blocks.Lloyd also totaled 41 digs.

B e h n c k e - B i n e y ,Campbell and Lloydearned All-TournamentTeam recognition asNCCU won three matches.

NCCU hosts CharlestonSouthern University Oct. 3at 7 p.m. at McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium.

BY AARON SAUNDERSECHO SPORTS REPORTER

In 1924, it was called theTurkey Day Classic. Butnow we call it the Aggie-Eagle Classic — and it’s oneof the nation’s fiercestrivalries between any twohistorically black universi-ties in the country.

That 1924 meetingset the stage for a historicrivalry – the teams playedto a 13-13 stalemate.

The Aggie-Eagle Classichas seen many great play-ers, like people like civilrights leader Jesse Jackson,NFL Hall of Famer ElvinBethea and current NFLplayers Maurice Hicks andGreg Peterson.

“For 80 years it’s been abattle for tradition, andbragging rights betweentwo of the most outstandinguniversities in the world.

It also gives anopportunity for alumnifrom both schools to cometogether and enjoy greatathletic competition it’slike a big homecoming,”said NCCU alumna LuAnnEdmonds-Harris.

Since 1945, the game hasbeen played every yearexcept 1993 and 2006. A&Tleads the series with a 45-29-5 record.

Many of these gameshave been close and hardfought.

“This game is prettyintense; everybody is seri-ous. We want to win, andduring the week of thegame and the night beforethe game, the intensity real-

ly picks up,” said NCCUHead Football Coach MoseRison.Even though the Aggieshave won 14 of the last 17games, there is high compe-tition between both teamsand rivalry has grown moreintense.

It will only continue togrow since NCCU has madethe jump to FootballChampionship Sub Division.

The game was put onhold for one year in 2006

over monetary disputes. Nevertheless, the rivalry

was renewed in 2007 as thetwo schools met for the firsttime as members of theFootball Championship SubDivision.

The Eagles sealed thevictory on an interceptionby Eric Ray and proceededto stomp on the Aggie logo,inspiring some Aggie play-ers to charge the field andengage in a mêlée that washighly publicized on

ESPN’s Sports Center andSports Illustrated. This fight almost broughtan end to the classic for awhile, but enemies alwaysseem to find a way to meetagain.

“This is a big game. Weare 0-4 right now, but this islike our championshipgame.

This one game canchange our whole seasonand we can carry themomentum of a win on

Saturday through the restof the season,” said defen-sive back Rashad Fox.

The Aggies bring a 2-3record to the table and areled by running backMichael Ferguson and linebacker Andre Thornton,while the Eagles 0-4 are ledby quarterback StadfordBrown and defensive endTeryl White.

Both teams will look toimprove on their records onSaturday, Oct. 4 at 5 p.m.

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BY MICHAELDEWEESE-FRANKECHO SPORTS REPORTER

The baseball team atN.C. Central Universitywill have a new home fieldonce renovation of the his-toric Durham Athletic Parkis complete.

Henry White, headcoach for NCCU baseball,and George Smith, associ-ate athletics director forexternal affairs, both saidthe NCCU Eagles would bethe primary tenant at therenovated ballpark.

“We now have a home,”said Smith.

According to Smith andWhite, NCCU has played amajor part in the renova-tion plans for DurhamAthletic Park.

“Everything should betailored to us,” said White.

The ballpark will get anew field and modernamenities, but will retain ahistoric look in order topreserve the landmark’slegacy.

“To me, it’s idealbecause I know the historyof it,” said White.

He said NCCU players“should know who camebefore them.”

Durham Athletic Parkwas home to Durham’sbaseball team for morethan 45 years.

The current stadium wasbuilt in 1939 after the origi-nal stadium burned to the

ground. Baseball was played at

Durham Athletic Parkunder various team namesand in various leaguesuntil 1971, when the organ-ization folded.

The team was reestab-lished in 1980 as theDurham Bulls, and base-

ball resumed at DurhamAthletic Park.

In 1988, the film “BullDurham” made the Bullswell-known, and theplanned Durham AthleticPark renovation will incor-porate some set pieces sim-ilar to those used in thefilm.

Although preservingDurham’s baseball historyand fame is an importantaspect of the renovation,Smith said, “We will havefixed signage to indicatethat it is the home of theNCCU baseball team.”

In 1995, the Bulls movedfrom the Durham AthleticPark to the larger, moremodern Durham BullsAthletic Park.

Since NCCU baseballwas reintroduced two yearsago, the team has playedhome games in the new sta-dium.

White said the Bulls’organization extended an“open hand” while theEagles played there, buthaving a home field isimportant for NCCU.

Moving to the renovatedstadium “is a step up,” saidWhite.

Although NCCU will be

its primary tenant, DurhamAthletic Park will continueto host various organiza-tions and festivals whichhave used the field in thepast.

These include the popu-lar Bull Durham BluesFestival, and the WorldBeer Festival.

In addition, MinorLeague Baseball plans touse the older stadium as atraining center for conces-sions, umpires and fieldcrew.

According to Smith, theintended use is a kind ofMinor League “laboratory.”

Smith said the shareduse is “going to be a posi-tive,” and that NCCU “willhave access to the park likeit’s our home.”

For now, however, theEagles might have to playanother season without ahome field.

The renovation’s com-pletion date has beenpushed back, and the fieldwill likely not be readybefore the 2009 season.

Until then, all Eaglegames for the upcomingseason are scheduled at theDurham Bulls AthleticPark.

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W hen I was akid, my fathervolunteered

as a precinct captainfor the Democratic

Party inourneigh-borhoodon theSouthSide ofChicago.

Someof myearliestmemo-ries are

of tagging along as hewent from door todoor.

He registered peo-ple to vote.

If our neighborsneeded absentee bal-lots, he arranged it.He helped them fig-ure out how they’d getto the voting booth onelection day.

He did all thisbecause he believedin the value of eachperson’s voice in thepolitical process.

But it took meyears to appreciatewhat he was teachingme during those walksaround the neighbor-hood.

Like so many peo-ple, I took my right tovote for granted. Inever had to marchfor it.

I never knew whatit felt like to beturned away whileothers were told thattheir voice counted.

So, when I got tovote for the first time,I did it dutifully—butwithout any excite-ment.

But now I feel dif-ferently. And I hopeevery young person inthis country can learnfrom me.

Because what mydad was trying toshow me was that vot-

ing is not a dryresponsibility.

Participating in thepolitical process ischallenging, fascinat-ing and fun.

Many youngAmericans alreadyknow this.

During the past 19months, I’ve traveledto every corner of thecountry with my hus-band on his thrillingcampaign for thepresidency.

We have been daz-zled by the young peo-ple we’ve met.

Our country is fullof bright, curious, cre-ative and passionateyoung men andwomen, who have anenormous capacity forhard work and a deepbelief that a betterworld is possible.

So far, youthturnout in this cam-paign has beenremarkable.

More than six mil-lion young voters par-ticipated in primariesor caucuses this year.That’s an increase ofmore than 100 percentsince 2004.

And at theDemocratic NationalConvention in Denver,nearly 1 in 5 delegateswere between theages of 18 and 29.

I’ve seen thisyouthful energy andoptimism before—when I met Barack, 20years ago.

When we were firstgetting to know oneanother, Barack tookme to a communitymeeting in a neigh-borhood in Chicagowhere people wereworking hard to getback on their feetafter local steel plantsshut down and jobsdried up.

There, Barack gavea talk about his expe-

riences as a communi-ty organizer.

He spoke about thegap between theworld as it is and theworld as it should be.

And he said thatordinary people cannarrow that gap, ifthey work together forchange.

I fell in love withthat idea. It conveys asimple but powerfultruth, which is illus-trated every electionday when people lineup to cast their ballots.

When we vote, wedon’t just choose acandidate.

We choose to beginbuilding the world asit should be.

For the youngwoman I met inColorado, it’s a worldwhere she can get theeducation she dreamsof, even though herparents don’t have alot of money.

For the men I metin Virginia, it’s aworld where return-ing soldiers neverhave to worry aboutgetting the mentalhealth care theymight need.

For the students Imet in Iowa, it’s aworld where we investin clean energy thatends our dependenceon foreign oil and pro-tects our environment.

And for the womanI met in New York, it’sa world where gaysand lesbians canfinally live free fromdiscrimination.

When we vote thisNovember, we’ll becasting our ballots forthat world.

I’ve heard peoplesay, “My vote doesn’tmatter,” “My votewon’t count,” or, “I’mjust one person. Whatpossible differencecan I make?” But this

year, all our votesmatter more thanever.

If you are satisfiedwith the world as it is,your choice this fall iseasy.

But if you believe,as I do, that we canchange the worldtogether, please joinme in voting on Nov. 4.

Voting is easy. So isregistering to vote.

It takes just aminute, but it makes ahuge difference.

The Obama cam-paign has set up aWeb site to help:VoteforChange.com.

There, you can reg-ister to vote in yourstate, arrange anabsentee ballot, orfind out if you’realready registered.

In some states, youcan vote early. OurWeb site will help youfigure that out, too.

Share this informa-tion with your friends,classmates, familyand neighbors.

Registration dead-lines are coming up inseveral states, so it’scrucial that we actfast. And encourageeveryone you know togo to the polls on Nov.4.

This year, I’ll bevoting for my daugh-ters’ future and myfather’s memory.

I’ll vote for thethousands of regularfolks who fought to getme the right to vote.

And I’ll vote foryoung people acrossAmerica—and thegenerations of youngpeople who will fol-low, who will someday look back at thistime with gratitudethat we summonedthe courage to beginbuilding the world asit should be.Raleigh Obama

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Voting: who does andwho doesn’t ...

Here are some factsfrom a 2006 report bythe U.S. Census

Bureau about voter partici-pation rates in the 2004 pres-idential election:

• Only 64 percent of alleligible voters actually casttheir ballots.

• Citizens 55 years andolder voted at a rate of 72percent, while citizens aged18-24 voted at a rate of 47percent.

• Eligible whites voted ata rate of 67 percent, while 60percent of eligible blacksvoted.

• Poor and less educatedcitizens vote at much lowerrates than richer, more edu-cated citizens.

• Blacks gave three mainreasons for not registering tovote:

They said they were notinterested in the election orpolitics, did not meet regis-tration deadlines, or thoughtthat their vote would notmake a difference.

However, most citizenswho do register end up voting.

And you’ve got until Oct.10 to do just that.

You may not know everylittle detail that there is toknow about this election.

You may not watch CNN24/7.

And you may not be con-cerned about some pregnantteen’s baby’s daddy droppingout of school.

But this you do know forsure: this election will begoing down in the historybooks and it will affecteveryone.

Right now, our country isfacing what might be consid-ered its worst financial cri-sis since the GreatDepression.

Who do you want in theWhite House trying to solvethis crisis: John McCain orBarack Obama?

Know this as well: it’svery likely to be a close elec-tion.

Read the numbers aboveand do the math. Others willbe voting. Will you?

If you want to have yoursay in what goes down, theonly way to do it is to be acitizen.

Register and then vote.

Voting for the worldWhen we vote, we don’t just choose a candidate.

We choose to begin building the world as it should be. ...

When we vote this November, we’ll be casting our ballots for that world.

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