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FEBRUARY 8, 2006
SportsEagles defeat Ram by10 in their first CIAAconference win since
Jan. 17
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Feature Sound Machine
goes gospel in the ATL Georgia Dome
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CampusDurham entrepreneur
converts empty lot intoparking lot
(and some dollars)
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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 97, ISSUE 81801 FAYETTEVILLE STREETDURHAM, NC 27707
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WASHINGTON — Alarmedby an accelerating loss of icein the Arctic Ocean, scien-tists are striving to under-stand why the speedup ishappening and what itmeans for humankind.
If present trends contin-ue, as seems likely, the seasurrounding the North Polewill be completely free ofice in the summertime with-in the lifetime of a childborn today. The loss couldpoint the way to radicalchanges in the Earth’s cli-mate and weather systems.
Some researchers, suchas Ron Lindsay, an Arcticscientist at the University ofWashington in Seattle, fearthat the polar region already
N.C. Central University willhost a Hip Hop Summit from 9 a.m.– 5 p.m. at B.N. Duke Auditoriumand New Baynes Residence Halltoday..
The summit, presented byAtlantic Records, aims to assessthe state of hip hop in relation tothe African American communityand American society. It will alsoinitiate a dialogue between indus-try professionals and students.
Two general sessions will beopen to the public at B.N. Duke aswell as six concurrent sessionsthat require registration. Themorning’s general session, “Hip-Hop’s Impact on Popular Culture,”will include Christopher “Play”Martin, from the hip hop group“Kid ‘N Play,” as a panelist.
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While thousands of peo-ple gathered to pay their lastrespects to the first lady ofthe civil rights movement,Coretta Scott King, Tuesdayat the New Birth MissionaryBaptist Church in Lithonia,Ga., some N.C. CentralUniversity students, staffand faculty also took their
time to reflect on her life.Chancellor James H.
Ammons and ProvostBeverly Washington led thepeople who attended theevent in the B.N. DukeAuditorium by highlightingthe important contributionsmade by King to the country.
SGA President ReneeClark said King’s greatimpact on civil rightsinspired her.
“Even after her husbanddied, she continued to fightfor rights,” said Clark. “Shewas such a great person.”
King’s death also servedas a revelation to some stu-dents and made them real-ize that the struggle foremancipation of black peo-ple from social ills needsnew fighters.
“Her death alerted methat we are losing many of
our black leaders and some-one needs to carry thetorch,” said sophomoreEnglish major Chan Hall.
“We’re not where we usedto be, but we are not wherewe need to be.”
President Bush and fourformer presidents — GeorgeH.W. Bush, Jimmy Carterand Bill Clinton — joined an
When you go to a basketballgame in the McLendon-McDougaldGymnasium at N.C. CentralUniversity, you expect to see ath-letes on the court, cheerleaders onthe sidelines, and stands full ofcheering fans.
But what you don’t expect isnearly one hundred students in thestadium’s left end bleachers tosuddenly open up newspapers andstart reading.
This is not a sign of boredom buta strategy of battle.
Drenched in maroon and gray,these are the Screaming Eagles, anew kind of fan.
They have raised taunting theopposing team to high art form.
When the opposing team’s ros-ter is called out, the ScreamingEagles break out the latest issue ofthe Campus Echo and immediatelyimmerse themselves in it — uncon-cerned with the proceedings.
“Ahhhhhhh SIT DOWN!” theyyell when an opposing team mem-ber is benched.
At the end of a victorious game,the Screaming Eagles jingle theirkeys, signifying to the other teamthat it’s time to pack up, get in theircars and head home in defeat.
“When a team visits ... we wantto make sure they know they are inEagleland,” said Dennis Scott, ahospitality and tourism adminis-tration junior and president of theScreaming Eagles.
“When they leave the field orcourt, they should walk away wish-ing the game was never played inDurham.”
The Screaming Eagles organiza-tion was founded during last
September’s football season byConstance Roberson, assistantdirector and development coordi-nator of the Alfonso Elder StudentUnion; Michael Charlton, assistantdirector of admissions and JevonWalton, alumni and admissionscounselor.
They are now 80 membersstrong.
An N.C. Central Universityprofessor reported missinglast month will return towork Feb. 13, according toAssociate Dean of BusinessYoungil Cho.
Seong Hee Oak, an associ-ate professor who taughtcourses in business and hos-pitality, was listed in goodcondition at JamaicaHospital in Queens, NY.
According to NCCU PoliceCaptain Victor Ingram, anofficer found Oak on Jan. 26.
She complained of feelingdisoriented, but had noinjuries. No information hasbeen provided as to why shewas in the hospital or howlong she was there.
Oak was last seen inDurham on Jan. 21 and wasreported missing after shedidn’t show up for her class-es.
“She is very quiet, andvery loyal to the university,”said Cho. “She really caresabout her students and herwork.”
Media repsto speak about hip hop’simpact popular culture
Funeral held at church of NCCU alumnus in Georgia
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2 Campus EchoWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2006Campus
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You have seen themwalking around all overcampus, leading crowds ofmiddle school, high schooland transfer students; giv-ing tours to hundreds offamilies from around thecountry; and showing offthe sloping hills and ver-dant greens of N.C. CentralUniversity.
“If you look to your leftyou will see the statue ofour great founder, James E.Shepard,” said businesssenior and veteran ambas-sador Lakisha Midgett,leading a recent tour of theUniversity.
“I really enjoy being anambassador, just seeinghow the students enjoy thecampus and interact withthe tour guides make thehour-long tour worth it,”said Midgett.
The University’s 27ambassadors are essentialto the semi-annual campustours of NCCU.
They give tours for twohours each day in the fallsemester, and seven hoursa day in the spring.
Luann Harris, associatedirector at the office ofundergraduate admissions,said the ambassadors sharethe real deal with prospec-tive students and parents.
She said they can evenshare negative things aslong as they do do so in apositive manner.
“I don't want anyonepainting the picture thatNCCU is a peaches-andcream university,” saidHarris.
Campus tourists areshown the football stadium,major buildings on campus,and all of the residenthalls.
Each tour ends at theM c L e n d o n - M c D o u g a l dGymnasium with a smallassembly to answer anyother questions that the stu-dents or parents may have.
Some tour groups eat atthe W. G. Pearson Cafeteriato get the real experience
many college students get,while others may take in anNCCU football game.
“I really enjoyed thistour because the tourguides talk with us whileexplaining the campus,”said Miranda Hines, a highschool junior fromCamden, N.J.
“Other schools just tellus names of buildings. It’slike they are really interestedin us, not just getting the tourover with.”
Harris said the amiableand honest tours from theOffice of UndergraduateAdmissions has helpedincrease enrollment.
Latoya Stephens, TimikaWilliams and Joy Herringall said they decided toattend NCCU based ontours they took their senioryear of high school.
“The tour guides knewthe answers to all my ques-tions,” Stephens said.
“I feel as if they gave methe pros and cons of thisUniversity, not just thesugar coating.”
Herring said she thoughtabout going to a schoolcloser to home, “but theguides made me feelextremely welcome.”
The program’s missionis to “voluntarily repre-sent, positively promote,and uphold the university’smission of ‘truth and serv-ice’ in various programsand opportunities through-out the university and thecommunity.”
Midgett was soimpressed by theUniversity ambassadorsthat she chose to becomean Ambassador herself.
To become an ambassa-dor, each applicant wentthrough an interviewprocess, a mock tour and aweek of training.
Ambassadors get onecommunity service hour foreach tour they complete.
They also earn commu-nity service hours by assist-ing the admissions staffwith routine office affairsand recruiting prospectivestudents.
“We were looking for newways for students to getinvolved in students activi-ties,” said Charlton.
“The purpose of theorganization is to reallysupport our athletic teams.It gives students a license to
act a fool.”According to Charlton
the idea originated withNCCU Director of AthleticsBill Hayes, who got the ideafrom Wake Forest’s“Screaming Deacons.”
“We want people who
aren’t afraid to get crazy,”said Charlton.
“Most students come outand show support, but thinkthey’re too cute jump up,scream and holler becausemaybe they don’t want tomess up they’re clothes or
something.”According to Scott, the
Screaming Eagles is stilllooking for recruits.
“It’s something aboutthat sea of maroon and grayat a game that makes usstand out,” he said.
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AudioNet olderand better
New program director bringsnew energy and listeners
Tuning in to AudioNet twoyears ago you would havefound yourself staring at therequest line number or anblank screen.
Occasionally you mighthave heard an interestingtalk show with listeners call-ing in to make random com-ments.
But in the fall of 2004,Lolethia Underdue, knownto her students simply as“DL,” became the new pro-gram director of AudioNet.
She said she wanted tochange AudioNet’s direc-tion.
“I wanted to makeAudionet like a real radiostation as much as possible,”said Underdue.
To achieve her goal,Underdue drew on her for-mer experience working atseveral different small radiostations in North Carolina.
Underdue enteredElizabeth City StateUniversity as a biology majorto become a research scien-tist.
But after volunteering atthe local campus radio sta-tion, she realized where herpassion was and changedher major to English with aconcentration in mass com-munication.
In the fall of 2003,AudioNet had a staff of sixstudents.
It now has of 39 students,32 of whom are mass com-munication majors.
According to the staff,Underdue has revived inter-est in the student-run radiostation by allowing the stu-dents to express their cre-ativity.
“She not only gaveAudioNet a whole new twist,but she showed me how tospeak better on the radio,and allowed me to experi-ment with my shows,” saidAl Dawson, a mass commu-nication senior and host of
the Slow Jam show whichruns 10 p.m. to midnight.
AudioNet has been asource for students to staycurrent with upcoming cam-pus programs, see photosfrom the most talked aboutcampus events and evensend birthday wishes totheir friends.
It has also dealt withsome the campus’s most con-troversial topics.
In fall 2004 Underduelaunched Real Talk, whichairs every Tuesday andThursday during the 10:40break.
The show is hosted by dif-ferent students from heraudio production class.
The show has addressedissues such as STDs, gangviolence and the down lowphenomena.
As a result, the station,which is coming up on itsseventh year, is more popu-lar than ever with students.
“I listen to AudioNet atleast four days out of theweek”, said elementary edu-cation senior ShiquittaMason.
“I like listening to thegospel on Sundays and beingkept up on the events,because a lot of times I don’tsee the flyers on campus”.
Other students likeAudioNet’s late night SlowJams show.
“I listen to AudioNetevery night before I go tosleep”, says SophomoreRashanda Marshall.
This fall AudioNetopened up its new andimproved studio andlaunched its very own livestream website.
The site averages over 50hits per day.
“I want AudioNet to be atraining ground for studentsto get started,” saidUnderdue.
“As of right now we’re stillworking and trying toprogress, but I’m verypleased with the way thingshave gone so far.”
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Wagstaff back to basics
“I am the voice of con-science to the DurhamPublic School Board,” saysJackie Wagstaff.
Wagstaff, who has beencalled the most controver-sial and outspoken memberon the Durham PublicSchool Board, is now a N.C.Central University student.
Now in her fourth yearas a Durham Public SchoolBoard member, Wagstaff, isa former member of theDurham City Council and acommunity organizer.
She was recently defeat-ed by Mayor Bill Bell in the2005 election.
Wagstaff said her newacademic career representsthe next chapter in her lifenow that her children aregrown.
Wagstaff is enrolled inthe hospitality and tourismprogram with a concentra-tion in event planning.
Kenneth Ivory, adjunct
assistant professor of thehospitality and tourismadministration, said helikes having non-traditionalstudents in the classroom.
“They add so muchwealth of experience andenergy to the classroom,”said Ivory.
Wagstaff said she choseNCCU because she believesin supporting HBCUs.
“They are a wonderfulopportunity for our kids toget an education,” she said.
While Wagstaff is some-times recognized by adults,younger classmates oftenmistake her for a Universityemployee (except the fewformer classmates of hersons).
She wants those whorecognize her to under-stand that what they see onTV is only a part of her — aprofessional persona as anelected official — not whoshe really is.
“I am Jackie Wagstaff —a.k.a. — student. That’swhat I am, no more than
they are,” she said.She says her independ-
ent personality, the sourceof her outspokenness, iswhat draws so much criti-cism.
For this she credits herupbringing.
Wagstaff was born inNew York. When she was 4years old, her mother diedand she and her two broth-ers were sent to live withtheir aunt and uncle ontheir Caswell County farmin Yanceyville, N.C.
She remembers that heruncle never worked for any-one but himself, and thatother family members werelaw enforcement officers.
This background instilledin her a strong independ-ence that didn’t allow her toaccept just anything.
She started school at thebeginning of segregationand recalls confrontationsbetween parents.
Though too young to fullycomprehend the magnitudeof the conflicts, the young
Wagstaff learned how tostand her ground.
She believes anyone whois going to be in politicsmust be able to make con-scientious decisions.
“There are two levels topolitics — a butt- kisser orsomeone who stands theirground,” said Wagstaff .“The person who standstheir ground will not alwaysbe the loved person.”
Wagstaff said studentsconsidering public officeshould learn as much aspossible about the commu-nity they plan to serve, thenget involved in what inter-ests them most.
She also advises studentsto stay current on what ishappening in their commu-nities.
She hopes every youngperson on campus will reg-ister to vote.
“The power’s in thevote,” she said. “Just thinkabout all those people whowere whipped and spit onjust so we could vote.”
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260 grade schoolers get help
N.C. Central University’sProject Care has begun itsseventh year of the SaturdayAcademy for grades 3-8. Theacademy helps prepare stu-dents to pass the end ofgrade test, as well as helpthem improve in math andlanguage arts.
Program coordinatorBarbara DeLon said the pro-gram has had a far reachingimpact on the community.
“This year we have about260 students, with a waitinglist of 135,” said DeLon.
According to DeLon theprogram will open up tokindergarten students onFeb. 11. About 30 kindergart-ners are already signed up.
DeLon also said that sheis very grateful to everyonewho has made the academysuccessful.
Provost Beverly W. Jonescoordinated the academyfrom 1997-1999.
“Many students in thirdand fourth grade are aboutone or two levels behindwhere they should be,” saidJones.
“The purpose of the pro-gram is to help close this gapand get them where theyneed to be.”
Jones said the Universityhas a responsibility to helpcommunity children devel-op a strong foundation.
“If we don’t take the timeto do this, no one will,” shesaid Jones.
The program is funded bya $2.25 million W.K. KelloggFoundation grant.
“It takes money to keepthe program open and theKellogg Foundation hasmade it possible,” saidJones.
The academy providesbus transportation to pickstudents up from theirhomes to bring them to theprogram.
“Sometimes it’s difficultfor some children to gethere on Saturday’s, the bustransportation makes it easi-er,” said DeLon.
The academy also pro-vides breakfast and lunch.
Many of the teachers andteaching assistants areNCCU alumni and students.
John Mclean, a teacherassistant, said that the pro-gram not only helps studentsprepare for the end of gradetest, but also helps them tomaintain the skills that theylearn in the program.
“We are growing futureEagles,” said Jones.`
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New Year resolutions,easier said than doneSomething new happens
each year, but there are somethings that always stay thesame.
It’s that nagging voice thattells you that tells you thatyou need to to make somechanges in your life.
So you make your NewYear’s resolutions.
But at the one-monthmarker just 64 percent aresticking to their resolutions.
Nursing sophomoreTykelia Bell’s resolved toshed some holiday pounds,but she has already hit a snag.
“The Honda Battle of theBands made the diet go outthe window,” she said. “Icouldn’t find any healthyfood so I didn’t follow it.”
Getting sidetracked from aresolution is easy when thereare temptations everywhere.
From fries in the caf todoughnuts in the studentunion, there are plenty ofways to go wrong.
Still, many students arecreatures of habit. Take sea-soned resolution-maker,Terra Hodge.
“I still make the same oneevery year, lose weight,” saidthe theatre education junior.“But I don’t actually achievemy goal.”
Hodge said eating late inthe evening, coupled withinactivity, were reasons forfalling behind her ambitionto slim down.
“I lost some weightalready. I hope next year I’ll
improve.”There are people who
decide to make resolutionsthat have nothing to do withthe physical.
“I just want to be happy inthe New Year,” said psycholo-gy junior Michelle Lyons.
“Diets are a waste of timewhen people do things thatmake them unhappy in thefirst place.”
To ensure her success shesteers clear of bad relation-ships rather than potatochips.
“I want to get my lifetogether,” said Josh Johnson,music education sophomore.This first timer said he wouldbe, “more determined andself-motivated than last year.”
His ultimate resolution isto renew his relationshipwith God.
But Johnson is taking babysteps, “I’m working on it.”
And so is about half ofAmerica.
According to proactive-
coach.com breaking resolu-tions is nothing new but thesecret to holding on is a fourprong attack.
• Specific is better thanvague.
Resolving to save theworld from global warming ismore complicated than doingyour part by planting trees onLawson.
• Set goals you canachieve in steps.
Don’t contradict yourself. Saying you won’t talk up yourminutes is good, but not ifyou make up for your idletime by buying three hun-dred games.
• Progress is a process. Expect failures and set-
backs. Don’t beat yourself upafter the $5 pizza man tricksyou with his pepperoni good-ness; just don’t fall for itagain.
• Remember that there isstrength in numbers.
Fill your space with otherpeople who want to study onTuesdays and excuses willvanish.
• Keep track of yourprogress.
Even if the only runningyou do is to class, it counts.How will you know you lostthat extra half of a pound ifyou never get on a scale?Check on your progress, andoften, or you’ll be disappoint-ed when you make mistakes.
• Remember why youresolved to do something inthe first place. You had a problem and that’sthe first step.
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According to a recentlyreleased study, there’s a ris-ing tide of misery and unhap-piness across the land.
The study, conducted bythe National OpinionResearch Center in Chicago,surveyed 1,340 individualsand found that in 2004,respondents reported moretroubles than those in 1991.
The percentage of individ-uals who reported at leastone significant negativeevent jumped from 88 per-cent to 94 percent.
According to the study,respondents reported prob-lems including illness, a lackof health care, mountingdebt, unemployment andtroubled romantic relation-ships.
The findings were basedon in-depth interviews, andwere a part of the largerNational General SocialSurvey.
But at N.C. CentralUniversity students reportthat, in general, they’re apretty happy bunch — just abit stressed.
Sabrina Wright, biologyjunior, said that overall she’shappy, but that the Office ofScholarship and Student Aidhas made her life difficult.
“Nobody knows anything,and they don’t want to giveyou any money, anytime,”said Wright, who added thatthe drive from her Durhamapartment to NCCU can bestressful, as well.
Wright says that it’s thetime she spends with herfriends — at the mall, moviesand clubs — that helps her
forget her troubles. “Life has not been easy for
the past couple of years,”said John Barrow, mass com-munication senior.
“Being a college student,in general, is hard — leavinghome and having to experi-ence life without parentsmakes things hectic,” saidBarrow.
Still, Barrow said he con-siders himself a happy per-son.
“I can say, that you neverknow what you can make itthrough, until you do,” saidBarrow.
Aaron Tucker, businessadministration senior, saidthat it’s his uncertain finan-cial situation that stresseshim out.
But he, like Wright, findshappiness spending timewith his campus friends.
“It’s the people I come incontact with on the yard … Ijust enjoy feeding off of theirenergy,” said Tucker.
“It’s just knowing that myfamily and friends are therefor me to depend on.”
According to JonathanHaidt, an associate professorof psychology at theUniversity of Virginia andauthor of the book “TheHappiness Hypothesis,” hap-piness isn’t directly tied tospecific moments of ourlives.
Ask Haidt, he’ll tell youthat bad experiences don’tnecessarily make peopleunhappy.
“Negative events hurt orfeel bad, but they are not usu-ally as bad as we think,” saidHaidt.
It’s a sign of the times — the firstcommercial parking lot has arrived atN.C. Central University.
And it’s made life a lot easier forstaff, faculty and students who movedquickly enough to claim a spot.
“Everyone kept asking about park-ing, so I decided to open up a parkinglot,” said Jimmy Young, owner of theempty lot on the corner of Lawson andMerrick streets.
Young said he opened the lot inDecember and filled it by January. Henow has a waiting list.
Young, who also owns a commer-cial cleaning business and a lawnmaintenance company, has owned theparcel of land for about five years.
The house that originally stood onthe lot burned down and was con-demned.
Young said he decided not torebuild because he thought he mightmake a little money by opening theparking lot.
“I don’t have any other parking lotsanywhere else,” said Young.
The success of the parking lotneeds little explaining.
There are 8,200 students and 1,300faculty and staff. The police haveissued 3,000 parking permits. Thereare only 2,147 parking spaces.
“Parking in the lot is much moreconvenient than parking all the wayacross campus,” said Rebecca Soper,an instructor in the Department ofEnglish and Mass Communication,who teaches in the Farrison-NewtonCommunication Building.
Soper pays $30 a month to park fivedays per week.
“There is no discount either,” shesaid.
Soper said she is just happy thatshe doesn’t have to arrive an hourearly to find a parking space.
“It has made campus life more con-venient,” said English instructor
Pamela Allison, who added that sheused to park several blocks away fromcampus, in a nearby neighborhood.
“I feel much safer. It’s a real help. Ilove it,” said Michele Ware, an assis-tant professor in the Department ofEnglish and Mass Communication.
Young said that the moment heopened the parking lot, he was inun-dated with phone calls.
“There were so many callers that Ihad to take the sign down,” he said.
Young has provided stickers for hiscustomers and made arrangements totow illegally parked cars.
He keeps three extra spaces avail-
able in case someone takes a spacethey shouldn’t. “It happens often,” said Young.
He plans to keep the parking lotactive until NCCU buys the land.
Young said that NCCU has alreadybeen questioning him about buyingthe lot.
But right now he’s got plans to putdown a little gravel, so it doesn’t get somuddy.
Muddy or not, Young’s parking lothas put him in the good graces of hiscustomers.
“Mr. Young has done us a greatfavor,” said Allison.
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Sometimes I wonderhow dense Europe andthe rest of the world
have to be to understand thedefinition of offensive. Thisisn’t an opinion on tellingpeople to take sensitivity
t r a i n i n gclasses butto realizesome thingsyou do notmess with atall.
AD a n i s hnewspaper,“ T h eJ u t l a n dPost,” print-ed a seriesof 12 car-toons, last
September, depicting theProphet Mohammed as anangel with horns peekingfrom his halo and anothershowing him as a suicidebomber with a lit fuse.
All this is supposed to bejokes? Is it supposed to befunny?
Many of the cartoonspoked fun at the cartoonistshired to perform thishideously funny task.
These same cartoonswere republished last weekin European news mediaand an American newspa-per, The PhiladelphiaInquirer.
Many people of Islamicfaith are protesting and par-ticularly taking matters intotheir own hands by commit-ting acts of violence.
However, by committingacts of violence in a protestagainst a newspaper andnational government forprinting a sacrilegious car-toon, few are affirming the sit-uation comedy of the cartoons.
Now I’m not saying ALLMuslims are suicidebombers but those that are
Islamic extremists are giv-ing those Danish editorsmore ammo for their artisticfire.
Sensitive subject matterthis is, and in truth, I don’tcare. They just weren’tfunny cartoons.
If I were the editor of“The Jutland Post” Iwould’ve scrapped that ideaand said “Naw. We are notrunning those cartoons.”
Dumb move, Danish edi-tor.
What’s next? More Samboand pickaninny cartoons?More Buddha-head refer-ences?
There’s enough turmoilwhen dealing with Islamand the rest of the presentworld. Protesters of thesestupid cartoons have beenpopping up all over theworld. From Turkey toIndonesia to Cairo, but keepin mind they are protestingpeacefully.
We live in an age of post-irony, meaning that what wethink will be funny, isn’t;what we think will incitelaughter, doesn’t.
The world isn’t what itused to be. This world haschanged so much since I’vebeen conscious, wide awakeand running around.
Offensive is just offensiveand it ain’t all that funnywhen religion comes intoplay. I can’t even laugh atjokes about Jesus Christ andChristianity.
Let this be a lesson toeveryone. Satirical cartoonsare based upon a situationfor hilarity. But when jokingabout religious symbol, beready for backfire, backlashand consequences of anykind from those whom youare making fun.
Who’s going to watch yourback and help you laughthen?
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may have passed a “tippingpoint” from which it can’trecover in the foreseeablefuture.
Others, such as JonathanOverpeck, the director of theInstitute for the Study ofPlanet Earth at theUniversity of Arizona inTucson, think the Arctic icepack is nearing a point of noreturn but hasn’t reached ityet.
The National ScienceFoundation, a congression-ally chartered agency, lastmonth announced an urgentresearch program to deter-mine what “these changesmean for both the Arctic andthe Earth.”
“The pace of Arcticchange has accelerated,”the foundation declared.“Because of the Arctic’s piv-otal role in the Earth’s cli-mate, it is critical — perhapsurgent — that we under-stand this system in light ofabundant evidence that aset of linked and pervasivechanges are under way.”
The concern has height-ened because last summerbrought a record low in thesize of the northern icepack. “The degree of retreatwas greater than everbefore,” said Ted Scambos,chief scientist at theNational Snow and Ice Data
Center in Boulder, Colo.Previous lows were set in2002, 2003 and 2004.
Since 1980, satelliteobservations taken eachSeptember, the warmestmonth of the year in theArctic, show that the icecover has been shrinking byan average of almost 8 per-cent a year. During thattime, the polar ocean lost540,000 square miles of ice— an area twice the size ofTexas, Scambos said.
Scientists say the greatArctic thaw will have effectsall over the world, not just inthe frozen north. It will mag-nify the global warmingtrend that’s been recordedfor the last quarter-century.It’ll reshape the Earth’sweather systems inunknown ways. It could alterthe pattern of ocean circula-tion, drastically changingEurope’s climate.
“Loss of ice on land isalso taking place at an accel-erating rate, and this meanssea levels will rise globally,”Lindsay said. “Places likeNew Orleans will becomeeven less viable.”
There are two main rea-sons for the loss of Arctic seaice, one external and oneinternal.
The external cause is therise in the Earth’s tempera
ture, aggravated byincreased emissions of car-bon dioxide and other“greenhouse” gases, whichtrap the sun’s heat.
Since 1978, the Arcticatmosphere has warmedseven times faster than theaverage warming trend inthe southern two-thirds ofthe globe, John Christy, thedirector of the Earth SystemScience Center at theUniversity of Alabama inHuntsville, reported lastweek.
Satellite data show thataverage temperatures overthe Arctic spiked upward by2.1 degrees Fahrenheit overthe past 27 years, Christysaid, while inching up byless than three-tenths of adegree in southern climes.
“I believe the retreat ofsea ice in the Arctic is very
likely a manifestation ofhuman-caused global warm-ing,” Overpeck said. “Globaltemperature increases areaccelerating, and so is sea-ice retreat. Humans arealmost certainly the cause ofthe change in the Arctic.”
The internal cause forthe loss of sea ice may beeven more alarming.Scientists say the polar icepack will continue to be introuble whether or not glob-al temperatures continue torise.
“Even if temperaturesand conditions went flatfrom this point forward, weanticipate that Arctic icewould eventually disap-pear,” Scambos said.
The reason is that ice andsnow, like any light-coloredsurface, reflect heat fromthe sun. As the ice shrinks, itleaves more open, darkerwater to absorb the sun’sheat. More open water slowsthe formation of fresh ice inthe fall and leads to a stillearlier, more extensive meltthe following summer.
“One of the big factors isthe increasing melt in sum-mer and the increasingamount of heat absorbed bythe ice-free portions of theArctic Ocean,” Lindsay said.It’s a “self-reinforcing feed-back process.”
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estimated 10,000 mournersat the ceremony.
King, 78, died in hersleep of respiratory failureTuesday, Jan. 31 at the SantaMonica Health Institute inRosarito Beach, Mexico,where she was receiving
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King had suffered a heartattack and stroke, which lefther partially paralyzed, inAugust.
A native of Heiberger,Ala., King was born on April
27, 1927 to Obadiah LeonardScott and BerniceMcMurray Scott.
In 1951, she earned amusic degree from AntiochCollege in Yellow Springs,Oh.
King met her her hus-
band, Martin Luther King Jr.while she studying music atthe New EnglandConservatory of Music inBoston and he was a preach-er-in-training at BostonUniversity.
The two married on June18, 1953 and moved toMontgomery, Ala. in 1954where King began buildinghis career as a civil rightsactivist and a pastor.
She was at his side dur-ing the 1955 MontgomeryBus Boycott.
She was at his side dur-ing his “I Have A Dream”speech before a crowd of250,000 at the March onWashington on August 28,1963.
After King’s assassina-tion on April 4, 1968 sheraised their four children,Yolanda, Martin III, Dexterand Bernice.
In 1981, she founded theKing Center in Atlanta andin 1986 she won her struggleto make her husband’sbirthday, January 15, anational holiday.
In her remaining yearsKing dedicated herself toworld peace and the fightagainst AIDS and violence.
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On Jan. 28, N.C. Central University’s Marching SoundMachine played in front of a sold-out crowd of 70,000spectators at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga.
The Dome was filled with historically black college fansfrom Bethune-Cookman College, Central State University,Clark Atlanta University, Florida A&M University, JacksonState University, Langston University, NCCU, Prairie View A&MUniversity, Virginia State University, and Tuskegee University.
The bands performed by the order of their band size.Central State University was the very first band to perform,and the NCCU Sound Machine was the sixth band to play. Thelargest band out of the whole entire showcase Bethune-Cookman College played last.
The Sound Machine played “ASAP” by T.I., “Oh, I Think TheyLike Me” by Dem Franchise Boyz and a variety of other popularhip-hop songs.
They also gave a special tribute to Bishop Eddie Long, analumnus of NCCU and member of the board of trustees. Theyhonored him by playing “His Eye Is on the Sparrow,” a gospelselection.
A local radio DJ kept the fans entertained between bandperformances by pitting old school music against new schoolmusic.
After all ten HBCU bands performed individually, they cametogether as one playing “It’s Your Thing” by The Isley Brothersunder the direction of Lindsey Sargent, FAMU’s band director.
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basics. Red or blue pill/ what would youdo/ when the same n---as you love got hate
in they blood.”— Young Jeezy from “I’m Back.”
Jeezy ain’t never said anything so true. Police are alwaystrying to catch you on the slip and will knock your hustleor whatever you are trying to do. Jeezy’s comparison ofhis life to the “Matrix” makes you take a second look atthe yins and yangs of life. Now that’s what makes those
four bars so hard.
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Helping to bring NewYork back into the hip-hopscene is Terror Squad’s firstlady, Remy Ma.
Starting asa protégé ofthe late greatBig Pun,Remy Mahails out ofthe Bronx,N.Y. demand-ing lyricalrespect thatcalls upon thedays of crush-ing rhymesfrom Queen Latifah and theverbal boldness of Lil’ Kim.
Her first solo album,“There’s Something AboutRemy: Based On A TrueStory,” tells her story ofrunning around New York,dealing with a hard familyand an unexpected preg-nancy that fell upon her.
I haven’t heard rhymesand stories like these sinceEve dropped into the main-stream.
Well, Eve guess what?
You rule ... but you’ve gotheavy competition comingstrong and hard with RemyMa pulling into the ranks.
Her first single,“Conceited,” brings a nicelittle club anthem to leanback and groove to whileaccepting that Remy isprobably just a little con-ceited.
However, “Thug Love”featuring Big Pun and“What’s Going On” are thekey tracks.
“Thug Love” let’s us hearBig Pun one last time let-ting us all reminiscenceabout his verbal tenacity
and creativewordplay.“What’s
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“I’m a hardcore rapperbut I’m still a female,” saidRemy Ma.
You crushing them, RemyMa! You crushing them.What’s next? I can’t wait!
— Organic Intellectual
N.C. Central students bring D.C.’s signature sound to the yard
There is a new sound at N.C.Central University. Although NCCUresides in D.C., Durham County, it isthe other D.C., District of Columbia,that is bringing the noise.
In the hearts of 12 WashingtonD.C. natives, a go-go band, the WildBoyz, has erupted.
Go-go music is a sub-genre of funkmusic that was created in andaround Washington D.C. by ChuckBrown in the 1970s. Today’s currentfavorite go-go bands include RareEssence, Backyard Band, JunkyardBand and Huck-A-Bucks.
“The people will get a lot of popu-lar hip-hop /R&B lyrics but the musicis 100 percent original,” said BrianMitchell, an art senior and one of the
band’s founders.It took a lot of work for Mitchell
and Beverly Bracey to find dedicatedindividuals for the band. There arenow 12 band members.
Bracey and Darnell “Sanchez”Smith are on keyboards, Mitchell ondrums, Chris Hall on conga, Jeff “50”Toliver on timbale, Mike Clay onbass, sound engineer, Brian Harrisand five vocalists - Lesli Thomas, JeffChappelle, Jerron Joe, GabrielLafayette and Ron Smith.
They use cowbells, tambourines,and wood blocks to create their musi-cal havoc.
“Arranging time for practice hasnever been a problem,” said LesliThomas freshman singer. “I feel com-fortable being the only girl in thegroup. They are like my brothers.”
People may wonder if this south-
ern campus will accept this music.“I commend them for what they’re
doing, but I usually go and sit downwhen I hear go-go in the club,” saidnursing sophomore Amaryllis McCrae.
Go-Go is often mistaken as copy-cat music. It is a remix of songs to anupbeat tempo.
The Wild Boyz have already madea name for themselves. They wonfirst place in the Showtime at theApollo that was hosted in the B.N.Duke Auditorium last December.
They hosted a show at Durham’sClub Marvell to which they invitedgo-go bands from other HBCUs.
“We just want to expose people toour world and show that we are notjust beating our feet,” said Mitchelland Gabriel Lafayette.
So look out for the Wild Boyz asthey plan to take NCCU by storm.
Go-Go band gets wild
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They might have bannedthe T-shirts, but Jeezy saidhe has something that noteven the Federales can takeaway.
Comingwith DJDrama, YoungJeezy says it’sgoing to be acold Februarywith his latestmixtape “YouCan’t Ban theSnowman.”
The duobrings theirthird collabo into thestreets with 27 exclusives,tracks and freestyles withhis Corporate Thugz.
Jeezy still keeps thethugs motivated with hislyrics of stocking up, stayingfresh and the ill ways of thejakes.
The sweet intro “I’m Back”comes hard when Jeezy dropslines comparing life to thematrix while summing withthe classic “yeeeah” and thereminder of “Gangsta Grillz”productions.
Folk will still rock hardto the combination ofJeezy’s rhymes over tracksby his mentor Jay-Z such as“Public ServiceAnnouncement” and B.I.G.’s“Dead Wrong.” Honestly, thelyrical content hasn’t gradu-ated as the rhymes still tellof his days as a street phar-
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SUMMITCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
“The Exploitation ofWomen in Hip Hop,” willinclude the editor of KingMagazine.
Sub-sessions, which willbe held in New Baynes andEagle Landing will covertopics related to hip hopand the music industry.
There will be five 11a.m. sub-sessions and four2:15 p.m. sub-sessions.
Panelists will includerepresentatives fromMTV, Kenneth Cole,Essence Magazine,Atlantic Records, VibeRecords, Hype HairMagazine, Radio-One ofRaleigh and more.
NCCU alumna SheriseMalachi, internationalmarketing promotionscoordinator for AtlanticRecords, organized theevent to be hosted byABB/Atlantic Recordsproducer Pat “9thWonder” Douthit andother members of LittleBrother, all NCCU alum-ni.
“It’s ironic that wegraduated together, andour career paths havecrossed in the way thatthey have,” said Malachiabout Little Brother.
“We felt, like, since wegraduated from NCCU,why not have an enter-tainment outlet in thearea?”
Malachi, who hasworked tirelessly forthree months to plan thesummit, said she wantedto tie the summit to BlackHistory Month.
Student auditionswere held Monday for afree-style talent show-case. The showcase willbe at 7:30 p.m. in B.N.Duke Auditorium.
After the judging thewinner will have a chanceto meet an AtlanticRecords representative.
All proceeds from theshowcase will go towardsrebuilding the Boys andGirls Clubs destroyed byHurricane Katrina.
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Winning last night inFayetteville was cool, butit was an even better nightin Durham for the Eaglesas they defeated the Ramsof Winston-Salem StateUniversity 65-55, Saturdaynight in McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium.
But it wasm o r ethan theimpecca-ble play
from the Eagles that keptthe game in Eagle hands;it was the crowd of 2,943fans that rallied the Eaglesto their victory.
“The crowd helped usweather the storm,” saidfreshman guard BrianAyala, who heard theentire buzz around theWinston game, matchinghis season high with 11points and three assists.
The Eagles began thegame with a rocky start,
missing a dunk as well astwo turnovers and fivefouls in the first five.
But, all that ended withan awakening dunk fromjunior forward ChrisPrince, which was the firstof three more to come. Thecrowd cheered, silencingthe over-confident Ramfans.
“The Rams played atwo-man up defense givingus free range to dunk withlittle to no defense,” saidHead Coach HenryDickerson.
The Eagles lead at thehalf, 30-23.
As the second half began,the Eagles lost slightmomentum as they tied forthe first time during thegame. But Eagle fanswould not let their menfall as they cheered andkept motivating themthrough the tie.
The motivation wasappreciated, with a seconddunk from junior forwardJulius McClellan, who was
the second highest scorer.“It is a great feeling
coming from a CIAAChampionship team andgetting ready to get anoth-er ring on another team,”said McClellan, ending hisnight with 13 points, threeblocked shots and oneassist.
Following McClellan,sophomore forward KevinNoell announced his pres-ence with his dunk.
But, the fans could notstay seated — Ayala closedthe game with a three-pointer from downtownwith a minute left.
“We came in knowingwe needed to make correc-tions from Thursday’sgame and one of those cor-rections was to come intonight and give a bigeffort,” said Tyrance.
The Eagles continueregular season play asthey host Livingstone onSaturday in McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium at7:30 pm.
N.C. Central Universityissued a random selectiondrug testing where four ath-letes tested positive for ille-gal substances when given adrug test last fall.
“Players aren’t notifiedabout taking the test untilthe day it is administered,”said Mike Essa, AssistantAthletic Trainer for volley-ball, basketball and tennis.
Since the athletes wereout of season, consequencesresulted in ineligibility fromactivities in the upcomingathletic season, with theposibility of losing athleticaid and housing.
According to NCCU’sDepartment of Athletics DrugTesting and CounselingPolicy, no athlete is allowedto begin training in his orher sport until he or shesigns a document that stateshis or her understanding ofthe rules and regulations ofdrug testing.
“[I think] it’s needed. It’sso easy to get things thatenhance skills,” said CharlesFutrell, a senior who com-petes in both football andbasketball.
The four suspended ath-letes will be required toattend counseling servicesfor “an assessment ofabuse” and will be pre-scribed a treatment pro-gram.
Four-hoofed animalsseem to have a problemagainst the Lady Eagles ofN.C. Central University.
The Bronco’s got servedlast night and the LadyEagels made it their busi-ness on Saturday to take awin over CIAA WesternDivision rival WinstonSalem State University, 63-
55. The Lady
E a g l e s ,holding a10-1 recordfor home
games greeted the sold outcrowd with a steal that setthe pace for the game, let-ting the Lady Rams knowthat it wasn’t going to beeasy in McLendon-McDougald gymnasium.
“I was feeling hype aboutthe game,” said junior for-ward Cassie King whodropped her ninth double-double of the season with 22points and 12 rebounds.
“Knowing that the gymwas packed and the crowdwas behind us put my mindon just going out there towin.”
Winston-Salem State(7-15, 2-9 CIAA) has lost theirlast four games and 10 of 12of their contest, includingthis one to the Lady Eagles.
They are ranked No. 3 inthe NCAA Division II SouthAtlantic Region poll for thesixth time in the women’sprogram, five of which cameup under the leadership ofhead coach Joli Robinson.
“We played OK,” saidCoach Robinson to theHerald-Sun. “We still didn’t
keep the intensity I’d like tosee for 40 minutes, and wecame out a little flat to startthe second half.”
The Lady Eagles go by themotto “Excellence withoutExcuses” which keeps themmotivated in the time ofcompetition. With a currentrecord of 16-4, 6-3 CIAA, theLady Eagles shot 38.8 per-cent form the floor and outrebounded the Lady Rams45-35.
After four ties and threelead changes, NCCU tookthe lead for good on King’sreverse layup that made it10-8 at the 14:45 minutemark. The Lady Eaglesnever followed in the con-test.
Going into the secondhalf 37-28, got off to a slowstart but got moving as sevenplayers scored in the Eagles’15-3 run, with with a layupfrom Nakisha Stewart thatmade it 52-35 with 10:03 toplay. This cushion gaveroom for Robinson to sub-stitue liberally, using 12players as the game was con-tested.
Senior center ShantéCollins contributed in scor-ing with 12 points and sevenrebounds while senior pointguard Porschia Holmes hadnine assist.
Senior Janet Robinson ofWSSU led the Lady Ramswith 14 points while MikasaWilliams followed with 10points.
The Lady Eagles will hostthe Lady Blue Bears ofLivingstone on Saturday at5:30 pm in McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium.
Sharonda Arnold posted aseason best at the 2006 HBCUInvitational Saturday andSunday at the Prince GeorgeSports Complex in Landover,Md.
Arnold, a senior publicadministration major, placedfourth with a time of 56.72seconds in the 400m dash.
The men’s relay teamestablished a new meetrecord. Maurice Gailey,Dorian Turner, Jason Jowersand Chris Davis took theevent with a record time of 1minute, 27.99 seconds, whichpushed Saint Augustine tosecond place by less thanone-tenth of a second.
The men’s and women’strack team compete February18-19 at the CIAAChampionships in NewportNews, Va.
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Iwas excited about attendingthe Department ofPsychology’s Jan. 26 presenta-
tion on health disparities amongAfrican Americans; I had neverattended a presentation before.
I was antici-pating a live-ly discussion,information,insights anda solution tothis problem.
Sitting inthe crowdedclassroom, Irealized thatthe presenta-tion mainlyaddressedthe etiology
of these health disparities’ andsaid nothing about a course ofaction.
I wanted to learn how we canaddress this issue that causes somuch despair in our community.
While it is important to educatepeople about what is causing so
many of our sis-ters, brothers,mothers andfathers to die pre-maturely, it isequally importantto teach preven-tion and develop acourse of action.
Since theresearchersoffered no solu-tions to the problem, I surmisedI would have to find my ownsolutions.
Many people are alreadyaware that AIDS is the leadingcause of death for African-American women ages 24-25 andthat the rate of hypertension inAfrican Americans is among thehighest in the world.
We know that the lifeexpectancy for white Americansis six years longer than blackAmericans, but did you knowthat in 2000 there were 14.6deaths per thousand blackinfants compared to 5.8 among
whites? The cause is
complex, butcan be put invery succinctterms.
I believe thatwhites don’t careabout us andmany of us actlike we don’t careabout ourselves.
Our people should be thrivingin this age of medical advance-ments, but apathy is causing ourpeople to suffer needlessly.
Some say that a racistbureaucracy has fueled thedevelopment of a society thatcouldn’t care less about thedeaths of black people.
Racism runs through theveins of many Americans and isa horrible disease in itself. Butwe cannot worry ourselves withhealing racism.
Right now, we must focus onhealing our people.
Education and action are the
answer. We must educate ourselves
and galvanize our representa-tives in Congress, as well asother public figures, to push formore governmental funding andprograms to eliminate thesehealth gaps.
If there is one solution to thismassive problem, it would bethis: All Americans shoulddemand that the government usetax dollars to provide citizenswith adequate health care andhealth education.
Many other nations providetheir citizens with health servic-es such as these and the out-comes have been positive, pro-moting a decline in health dis-parities between classes, racesand genders.
Our taxes would increase, butwe would be compensated bylower medical fees and anincrease in the quality andlength of our lives.
It is time for us to stop talkingand start acting.
Icame to N.C. CentralUniversity in the fall of 2003,so I have had the opportunity
to experience three Queens:Christal Evans, SharondaArnold and the current Miss
NCCUKewandaMerritt.
Attentionall womenaspiring tobe MissNCCU:March isaround thecorner andelections aregoing down!
And sinceit is black
history month, I just want allthe women that aspire to beMiss NCCU to go back andresearch the former Queens andthe current one.
Study your university. Askprofessors, administration, fac-ulty and students what the roleof Miss NCCU is.
Do a self-evaluation and seeif you have what it takes tobecome Miss NCCU.
Now that thetime is arrivingfor my graduat-ing class to bringin the newQueen, I hopethe next MissNCCU repre-sents our schoolto the fullest.
The MissNCCU selectionis not a beautypageant.
A beauty pag-eant is a compe-tition betweenpeople based on physicalappearance.
The election of the next MissNCCU is the selection of newleadership. A leader is a personwho rules, guides and inspiresothers.
If you want to be Miss NCCUyou must be able to hold yourground as a strong womanwhose beauty comes from grace,not make-up.
I met former Miss NCCUSharonda Arnold when she wasgreeting students door-to-doorin my dorm. She introduced her-
self to me,explained hergoals for theposition of MissNCCU and gaveme a pencil.
All the othercandidates werehanding outcandy, but.Sharonda, dis-tributed pencilswith her nameon them.
One womanon my hallrefused to lis-
ten. Sharonda put her foot inthe door and handed the womana pencil and said, “Rememberthe name,” and proceeded tothe next door.
Sharonda Arnold is by far themost memorable Queen to serveour University while I’ve beenat NCCU. She has exhibitedstrong character and positiveinfluence on students.
If you are planning to run forMiss NCCU to represent anorganization, or increase yourpopularity, then please don’tbother!
You don’t have to obtain pop-ularity or uphold any campusorganization to be Miss NCCU,because she represents ourentire campus.
Speech and Debate night,sponsored by the SGA is themost powerful event of the MissNCCU election process.
To be Miss NCCU, you needto start practicing how toaddress an audience and deliv-er a formal speech.
Learn how to exchange spo-ken words with power, poiseand grace!
I love the title “Speech andDebate” because debate comeslast. If you think you have whatit takes to be Miss NCCU youmust learn how to respond toyour opponents’ statements andargue the pros and cons of anissue.
Finally, you must start earlyon your campaign ideas.
Don’t wait until March tocome up with your strategy andpitches.
With all that said,you womenof the graduating class of 2007with the desire to become MissNCCU, please raise the BAR!
I believe that whitesdon’t care about us andmany of us act like we
don’t care aboutourselves.
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If you are planning to run for Miss NCCU
to represent an organization, or
increase your popularity, then
please, do n’t bother!