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WEATHERtheWORDromney more settledfrom aggressively arguing with president Barack obama, governor mitt romney seemed more settled in the third presidential debate.

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Early voting for the presi-dential election began in North Carolina on Oct. 18.

N.C. A&T is one of the 16 voting locations for students, faculty and surrounding com-munities.

This was the first time Guil-ford County had this many sites open for early voting.

To many people’s surprise, technical difficulties caused a setback in efforts to get people to vote early.

The polls were scheduled to open at 10 a.m., but due to hu-man error in correctly setting the machines, voting did not start until after 11:30 a.m.

“There was a conflict with the voting machines and the PEB’s (Personal Electronic Ballots),”

said George Gilbert, Guilford County director of elections.

To his knowledge, A&T was the only early voting location for that had an issue.

Individuals who got up early to vote were disturbed by the er-rors with the system on the first day.

“The people in charge should have checked to make sure that there were no defective ma-chines before the polls opened,” said student Lashonda Jones from Washington, D.C. who waited for over an hour to vote.

“A lot of people left entire-ly because of this…hopefully, they’ll come back out and vote, and if this would have happened on Nov. 6, it would have been a total mess,” she added.

In order to get some students motivated to vote early, there was a surprise guest to get stu-dents to the polls later in that

afternoon. Musician and actor Fonz-

worth Bentley made his way to Greensboro during the Obama for America N.C. Early Vote Express RV Tour.

Bentley got students fired up near the ticket office about vot-ing by promoting his revelation of being a CEO. He believes ev-eryone is his or her own CEO.

After encouraging words and insight on this year’s election, the march began and Fonzworth Bentley led chanting students to the Dudley Building Multipur-pose Room.

“I think students were excit-ed that Fonzworth Bentley was an advocate for early voting, and I think he was very effec-tive because students actually listened to what his thoughts

Despite glitch, students marched to polls

Photo by Christopher martin • The A&T RegisTeR

n.C. a&t Lyceum series kicked off with drummer and singer sheila e. and the e. Family in harrison Auditorium on October 17, 2012.

brie-anne robinsonStaff Reporter

register staff report

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“Rock, rock, holly rock, ev-erybody wanna holly rock,” screamed fans as Sheila E. and the E. Family chanted while the band rocked the house with their performance to her critically ac-claimed song “Holly Rock!”

Fans filled Harrison Audi-torium as Sheila E. and The E. Family launched this year’s Ly-ceum series.

N.C. A&T Cold Steel drum-line opened the show with a riveting, impelling percussion tribute to Sheila E. as they filled the aisles of the auditorium with excitement. The drumline came together all in fun hyping up the

audience and gaining participa-tion and building anticipation for the nights event.

The opening performance evoked an emotional moment for the legendary female percus-sionist, as she had never been honored in that manner before throughout her career, she said.

“A&T University. The most amazing time of my entire ca-reer. U welcomed us in a way we will never 4get! Indescrib-able,” tweeted Sheila E after her performance.

WNAA The Voice officially declared Oct. 17 “Sheila E. & The E. Family at A&T Day.”

The Lyceum series focuses on bringing the most provoca-tive, culturally diverse pro-

grams to not only the university, but neighboring communities as well.

“This was my opportunity to actually introduce to N.C. A&T students and the general public Latin music and the impact that it has globally on all types of genres of music,” explained Ez-inma Murphy, a Lyceum series committee member.

“My goal was to expose stu-dents to global music and expose cultural diversity in performing arts,” she said.

In previous years, the Lyce-um series has had a number of events put in place for students and the A&T community but de-cided to downsize this year with two great performances, not due

to budget cuts but they want to focus on sharing more unique quality programming.

“It’s hard to bring top rate programming without having the means to attain it,” stated Gregory Horton, co-chair of the Lyceum series.

“In order to keep the mo-mentum up from the students and the community, you can’t bring anybody. I realized this generation knew who Sheila E. was mostly from their par-ents and past generations, as well as her smash hit ‘Glamor-ous Life.” he said.

He expressed how sur-

Legendary drummer and family kickoff Lyceum

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Photo by aLiCia funDerburk • The A&T RegisTeR

george giLbert, guilford County director of elections explains the reason for the glitch in the systems for early voting last Thursday.

Presidential debate rundown from

beginning to end

The third and final presi-dential debate aired Monday night on the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy telling the world about the Soviet Union’s nuclear mis-siles in Cuba moderator Bod Schieffer, CBS News Corre-spondent, began by posing a question on the nights topic, foreign policy.

In this round table debate, the candidates responded to questions on Libya and Syria while continuously fact check-ing one another.

During the decision on the Middle East, President Barack Obama attacked Governor Romney, “So, what we need to do with respect to the Mid-dle East is strong steady lead-ership, not wrong and reckless leadership that is all over the map.

And unfortunately, that’s the kind of opinions that you’ve offered throughout this campaign, and it is not a recipe for American strength, or keeping America safe over the long haul.”

Romney said “Attacking me is not an agenda.”

A good portion of the de-bate, the candidates remained off topic, addressing issues such as women’s rights, edu-cation and the economy.

According to business-week.com, Monday’s debate drew 59.5 million viewers de-spite other competition includ-ing Monday night football.

Just a week earlier, howev-

er, the second debate had more viewers coming in at 65.6 mil-lion. On Oct. 3 the viewership for the first debate was 67.2 mil-lion.

Business week also notes that the candidate’s first two debates were rated in the top 10 most-watched presidential debates since President Ford and Carter in 1976.

Viewership is not the only thing that differed among this year’s presidential debates.

On Oct. 3, the focus of the debate was domestic issues. The second was driven by questions from 82 undecided voters.

In the first debate, Governor Romney appeared more aggres-sive and many polls and analysts claimed he won.

In contrast, nearly two weeks later during the town-hall de-bate President Obama took an assertive approach that nonethe-less resulted in what some call a victory.

Taylor Evans, a junior politi-cal science major from Durham realized the shift. “From the first debate, you can see how the energy level from President Obama has increased.

Romney and Obama both are matching each other’s energy and are challenging each other’s plans and policies more and are pointing out the inconsistencies in the opponents’ statements.”

Monday’s debate showed that both Governor Romney and President Obama to some extent agreed on many of the same issues. All of the debates provided viewers with insight

Dashawn fLemingStaff Reporter

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guilford county early votingdudley Building7 a.m. -7 p.m.

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sigma education timegcB room 1077 p.m. -9 p.m.

Homecoming comedy showcorbett sports center8 p.m.- 10 p.m.

fall convocationharrison auditorium10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Homecoming pep rallycorbett sports center6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

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26miss a&t royal receptionexhibit hall11 a.m. -1:30 p.m.

Welcome alumni Homecoming celebrationwebb hall lawn11 a.m. -2 p.m.

alumni chat n chewcrosby hallnoon - 5 p.m.

Homecoming stepshowgreensboro coliseum7 p.m.

27saturday

Homecoming paradelindsay street8 a.m

football vs. norfolk stateaggie stadium1:30 p.m.

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were on voting,” said march volunteer Keshawn McDaniel, a senior agricultural education- major from Fairmont, N.C.

Bentley noted that eight years ago in the 2004 election, North Carolina was not considered a battleground state. Results in 2008 proved just how crucial the state was for the election.

A junior aerospace engineer-ing major from Cleveland also a swing state, voted in the last election. He saw how close the race was in his home state and realized the importance of vot-ing. “I want to be heard... Why wouldn’t you vote…people fought and died to vote,” he said.

“Which ever way you want to vote, just vote and be heard.”

With the election less than

two weeks away, Bentley is hopeful that the campaign will be successful. “Just to think about how you students got to-gether here on this campus over-night to have as many people as we saw on campus compared to campuses that have been or-ganized much longer, that says something,” Bentley reassured.

Anthony Ferguson, a sopho-more sports science and fitness management major from Fay-etteville said, “[voting] was an easy process and the wait wasn’t that long.”

Polls for early voting will close Nov. 3. With all of the op-portunities to exercise the right to vote, North Carolina informs its citizens with a 2012 Voter Guide Book as a source for in-formation on voting, elections, and candidates. On Nov. 6, vot-ers will go to the polls to choose which candidates will represent

them in federal, state, and lo-cal government. There will be no excuses.

Currently, A&T’s voting site is up and running and should not have anymore tech-nical issues. People can go on-line to find all 16 early voting locations in Guilford County on guilfordelection.org.

–alicia funderburk, Chanel tucker and Dashawn fleming compiled this article.

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fonzworth bentLeY led students in march to the Dudley building in support of the Obama campaign and early voting.

prised he was to see all 450 student tickets sell out first as this years series was able to gain the attention of our La-tino community and surround-ing neighbors through televi-sion and radio advertising.

“We have lost the arts with-in the school lately because of cut backs and things that is go-ing on in the world. I think it’s so important for young people to get involved in anything that is artistic, whether its dance or acting. Whatever that art might be, it not only helps the student, but it is some-thing that every school should have,” said Pete Escovedo, legendary percussionist who is also Sheila E’s father.

“It keeps you healthy and brings a lot of smiles on peo-ple’s faces!” expressed brother Juan Escovedo.

The E. Family has not al-ways relished in the luxuries that the music industry has offered. They had to endure hardships along the way as well.

“At the beginning when I started performing with pops on our first record in the 70s, people said that even a father and daughter team couldn’t make it and for us not to do the record,” Sheila E. said. Because of our love for music, pops encouraged me to con-tinue moving forward because this is what we have chosen for our career and we continue to fight because of our love for

music.” It was a special moment for

both Sheila E. and her band as her father and brother joined her on stage to show fans where all her expertise came from.

With Juan Escovedo on the congas, and Pete Escovedo on the Remo roto tom drum, they made the audience jump to their feet with their skills and Latin-soul inspired music.

N.C. A&T later tweeted, “We are glad that you and your family enjoyed yourselves. You are welcome back in Aggieland anytime!”

Sheila E. later retweeted, “U will be in our hearts 4ever! We will be back. God Bless.”

Sheila E. and the E. Family released their latest album. Now & Forever in 2011. The album is a timeless musical journey through Jazz, Latin, Hip Hop, and Pop sounds to special fea-tures from Raphael Saadiq, George Duke, Joss Stone, Glo-ria Estefan, and many more.

The E. Family represents ver-satility and talent that is able to cross many barriers and inspire others to do the same.

They strive to bring back performing arts by setting an example for others before them.

The Lyceum series continues to promote cultural diversity in performing arts and plans to bring the Russian Ballet to our A&T community in the spring.

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Photo by Christopher martin• The A&T RegisTeRsheiLa e. and the e. Family performed hit single ‘glamorous Life’ and songs from their latest album, ‘Now and Forever’ which was released in 2011.

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to what candidates do or do not support.

“The debates do influence, undecided or first time voters choice of who they will vote for because it allows us to see the

candidates unprompted,” said Christin Marshall, senior com-puter science major.

The only thing left for the candidates to do now is con-tinue to campaign and make speeches to various groups, be-cause as President Obama said,

“You’ve now heard three de-bates, months of campaigning and way too many TV com-mercials. And now you’ve got a choice.”–email us theatregister@gmail.com and follow us on twitter: @atregister

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Community colleges embrace fundraising; reconnect with alumni

Los angeLes– Many colleges seek donations for new con-struction or scholarships. Pasa-dena City College, however, has an additional goal that was unthinkable before California’s budget crisis forced community colleges to slash course offer-ings.

The school is seeking dona-tions from alumni and others to restore some of the 570 classes it planned to cut this academic year. The campaign, launched in April, has received about $89,400 in donations, and the school is also devoting $106,000 from savings resulting from some cost cuts, officials said.

The result: 35 classes are being revived in such high-de-mand fields as biology, political science and psychology.

Beyond the effect on that 30,000-student campus, the ef-fort highlights how community colleges around the state and nation are increasingly court-

ing donors and reconnecting with their alumni _ tasks often neglected when state funds were more plentiful.

“Community colleges are definitely taking huge steps in fundraising that they have not in the past. Ten years ago, you would never hear of us raising money for this kind of thing,” said Bobbi Abram, executive director of PCC’s foundation, which raised about $2 million last year.

More two-year schools are trying to follow a path long traveled by four-year public and private universities. However, some experts say the commu-nity colleges face special diffi-culties since many alumni tend to give loyalty and cash to the four-year colleges where they subsequently transferred and earned a degree.

In addition, the community colleges usually don’t have the big league sports or scientific research that can attract dona-tions. And because of the in-termittent enrollments of many students, it is not always clear

who is an alumnus, and it can be difficult to locate them.

Two-year schools averaged just $1.2 million in donations in 2011, compared with $90 million at research-oriented universities, according to a national survey by the Council for Aid to Education, a New York City-based nonprofit. Less than 1 percent of com-munity college alumni donate, while nearly 20 percent do so at some four-year colleges, the survey found.

But if they are contacted, many alumni acknowledge that their community college education was valuable and they are willing to donate to their former schools, whether at a bowl-a-thon or through estate bequests, according to some school officials.

“More schools are coming to the realization that there are philanthropic dollars at hand,” said Paul Heaton, who directs a center on community col-leges at the Washington-based Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

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Homecoming is a time to celebrate, and have fun. Do not let your fun put you into harms way.

Large crowds are expected, and there will be security to ac-commodate these crowds.

The Greensboro and A&T police are there to assist you and ensure your safety this week.

Making their job harder in-cludes students not being re-

sponsible and not being aware. A conscious student makes for a safe student.

The consumption of alco-hol is something that students partake in. Be sure that you are of age to partake in alcoholic drinks.

There will be police check points and increased police pa-trol during homecoming. All participants of homecoming are not here for enjoyment.

People come from many different places in and around

Greensboro simply to commit crimes.

Protect the things you value. Do not let a festive atmosphere catch you off guard.

Work with those who have your safety at interest to pre-vent crimes, and make clear to outsiders that harmful activi-ties will not be promoted N.C. A&T’s homecoming.

This is a message from Cap-tain Black, Patrol Commander of Campus Police.

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Safety tips for homecoming, straight from UPd

◆ Have a plan: Designated driver, location, and activities should all be planned before leaving your house or dorm. ◆ Stick together: Never go anywhere with-out accompaniment, the people you leave with is who you should come back with. Take care of the people in your group. ◆ Be aware of stranger danger: Meeting new people is nice, but everyone does not

have the same intentions.◆ Be responsible: Fun is a priority during homecoming, but safety should be number one.◆ Pay attention to your surroundings: Some people use homecoming not as a time to celebrate but as an opportunity to commit crimes. Be aware of what is going on around you.

Five tips to keep you safe during homecoming

Howard’s Trayvon Martin video sparks racist response

One particular response to Howard’s recent “Am I Suspi-cious” Trayvon Martin video is a shocking and painful reminder of the degree of racial hatred that is still prevalent in Ameri-can society.

The response video, “Hey, Young N*ggers at Howard,” was removed from YouTube for its violation of the site’s policy against “hate speech”

The response video featured a male voice, hidden behind a picture of a man in a sombrero with the words “I Am George Zimmerman” written across the screen.

The man identifies himself as a “white Hispanic” and ex-presses his extreme disapproval for the public—and Howard’s, in particular—campaign against racial profiling. He argues that Zimmerman, and Hispanics, like himself are not racist and

that African Americans need to stop creating trouble and mak-ing excuses for our misfortune.

The video is filled with “n-word” references. Ironically, the speaker told Howard students to go back to school and learn something because, in his opin-ion, our views about racism are incorrect and imaginary.

The Martin case and the re-sponses to it demonstrate the continued inability to honestly and adequately address the con-sequences of race and racism in America. Hateful rants full of prejudice and frustration do not count.

As a country, we still refuse to acknowledge that our judg-ments and assumptions about the way people look, behave, dress, and even speak, are all in-dicative of our prejudices.

Attacking a group of college students for taking a stand is further proof of the depth of our post-racial delusions.

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A&T senior has jewelry line“Every girl has a hustle. Fash-

ion is mine,” said Senior fashion design and merchandising major and Pretty Girl Mafia CEO, Erica McCamey.

The Detroit native felt like it was always in her blood to be an entrepreneur.

“I’m all about being a go-get-ter,” she said. It began her sopho-more year while she was in her dorm, Pride Hall, looking online at the new trends in accessories. Growing up, she was naturally crafty. So on a trip back home to Detroit, she found a jewelry class and learned how to make accessories.

Pretty Girl Mafia offers trendy, custom, hand made bracelets, earrings, necklaces and any accessories trending at any given time. Making accesso-ries became a hobby that evolved into a business. As for the name Pretty Girl Mafia, Mccamey gives the credit to her mom. Her mom called her and her friends the pretty girl mafia because

they were always so fashionable. She saw that as the perfect name for her company and praises her mom today for being her first in-vestor, and always reminding her to keep producing.

McCamey projected her tar-get audience to be college aged women from ages 18 to 23, but after selling a few bracelets she realized she was reaching a much broader market. McCamey has made accessories for women of all ages, men, kids and has even made baby bracelets.

McCamey designs every ac-cessory by hand. Using a few materials including beads, a clip-board, tape, glue, scissors, card-board, and string.

The entreprenuer will expand beyond accessories. Mccamey’s plans include grand ideas like, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and creat-ing a network for college aged women all about being young, confident and exploring entre-preneurship. “It is important as a young person in this economy that you know that you do not have to work for someone else. Find value in having a business

to call your own and having mul-tiple sources of income.”

McCamey thinks A&T has been receptive to her brand.

She went from a having a stand in her mothers nail salon to having booths at local events. She was a vendor at the “Straight kickin it” expo for Entourage last year and accredits her good friend Josh Hill for extending the invite to be a vendor at this years SUAB Block Party.

As her brand continues to expand she often reminds her-self to go with her intuition and not worry if people will like her products.

Pretty Girl Mafia merchandise is available exclusively through email at iamPrettyGirlMafia@gmail.com. Email your name, number, description of what you want, the quantity of you want, best time to contact you, and Erica will reply personally to go over the specifics of how you want your accessory designed.

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More community college students continuecommuting to multiple campuses

Los AnGeLes — Norphesa Jones rises before dawn twice a week to take a 6 a.m. physi-cal education class at Southwest College, just blocks from her home in South Los Angeles.

She then takes a bus to the Green Line, catches the train and another bus to Los Angeles Trade Tech downtown for an 8:30 a.m. math class. Jones then backtracks to Southwest for a personal development class that begins at 11:10 a.m.

Shuttling 20 miles between campuses isn’t by choice: The math class she needed wasn’t of-fered at Southwest.

“There have been times when I’ve sat in the room before class and cried, ready to quit because I don’t want to do this anymore,” said Jones, a 34-year-old wife and mother of three who hopes to become a nurse. “But then I think, why stop now because an-

other way seems like it may be easier?”

She is part of a growing number of community college students across California who have been forced to travel long distances by bus, car and train to get the classes they need after budget cuts resulted in course re-ductions systemwide.

Over two decades, the per-centage of such students has more than doubled, from about 2.2 percent in 1992 to about 5.2 percent in 2011. Last fall, about 69,665 students attended two schools, nearly 5,000 went to three schools and about 400 to four or five schools, according to data from the California Com-munity Colleges chancellor’s office. (The numbers include students who take online classes; officials are unsure how many are in that category.)

Most two-year colleges have also eliminated winter and sum-mer sessions, further reducing the availability of classes stu-dents need to earn a degree or

transfer to a four-year univer-sity. Some high-demand classes are offered only once during the academic year, leaving students with a stark choice: Wait and delay their education or shop around and find the course else-where.

Some college administrators say students taking classes at multiple campuses are displac-ing local students. The political science major wants to transfer to UCLA next fall. But she’s been stymied getting into all the classes she needs at one campus.

She hears about the teacher layoffs and other effects of bud-get cuts in the Los Angeles Uni-fied School District, where her mother works. But she and just about all of her friends are feel-ing the pressures firsthand in California’s community college system, she said.

“I just want to transfer, to do what I want to do in life,” said Atoyan, 20. “Go to UCLA, get a degree, become politically active and then go to law school.”

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Romney unveils a more gentle side in final debate

It’s a safe bet that President Obama misses the old Mitt Romney the one who described himself as “severely conserva-tive.”

In their first debate in Den-ver, Romney outflanked the president by assuming the role of Moderate Mitt, a sweet-tem-pered fellow we hadn’t met be-fore. He promised he’d never re-duce the share of the tax burden paid by wealthy Americans, cut federal education spending or restrict access to contraceptives. Obama seemed flummoxed that the opponent he’d expected was a no-show.

On Monday evening, Rom-ney tried the same approach, this time on foreign policy. The Republican who’d spent most of a year promising to get much tougher on Iran and China was suddenly the soul of sweet rea-son. “We want a peaceful plan-et,” he said. He politely con-gratulated Obama for arranging the demise of Osama bin Laden; he agreed blandly with Obama that American troops should be home from Afghanistan by 2014. On foreign policy, Mod-erate Mitt gave way to Mitt the Mild.

If the aim was to assure America’s few remaining un-decided voters that they have nothing to fear from a Romney presidency, the GOP campaign could break out a banner read-ing “Mission Accomplished.” Except that would look too war-

like.Romney’s relentless agree-

ability left Obama to debate not the Romney he was facing, but the Romney of the Repub-lican primary campaign. “Your strategy ... has been all over the map,” Obama protested, point-ing out that Romney once want-ed to keep troops longer in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

But the GOP candidate shook his head and looked sorrowful. “Attacking me is not an agen-da,” he scolded _ mildly.

He even criticized Obama from the left, arguing that the in-cumbent hasn’t put enough en-ergy into foreign aid programs in Pakistan and other Muslim countries to undercut the growth of Islamic extremism.

“We can’t kill our way out of this mess,” Romney said, sound-ing eerily like one of Obama’s liberal critics.

It wasn’t a genuine outbreak of bipartisan agreement; the two candidates made it clear _ in tone more than substance _ that neither thinks much of the other.

And, to be sure, there were still disagreements. Romney charged that Obama had pre-sided over a steady loss of U.S. influence in the world; Obama said that simply wasn’t so.

But voters who tuned in searching for clear distinctions between the two parties’ foreign policies listened mostly in vain.

And that’s because the two candidates had different goals. Romney appeared intent pri-marily on avoiding mistakes. In unguarded moments, the GOP

candidate has stumbled into for-eign policy gaffes, pronouncing Russia the nation’s No. 1 foe and questioning London’s readiness for the Summer Olympics. Only last week, he wrongly accusing Obama of failing to mention terrorism after the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

On Monday, Romney seemed determined to have no unguard-ed moments. The Republican candidate at the debate was as well-prepared and cautious as any politician in history. He was content to play for a tie.

Obama, on the other hand, looked and sounded like an underdog. The president, who has enjoyed an advantage in the polls on foreign policy all year, was intent on pressing his edge _ on making sure voters remem-bered who it was who killed Osama bin Laden and brought the troops home from Iraq. His message was that he knew how to run foreign policy, and Rom-ney didn’t. But with the Repub-lican blandly agreeing with him much of the time, it was hard to land a punch.

On Afghanistan, the Rom-ney who once criticized Obama for setting a timetable for with-drawal said the calendar seemed fine.

When Obama noted that Romney had called for deeper U.S. involvement in the civil war in Syria, Romney protested. “We don’t want to get drawn into a military conflict,” he said.

And on Iran, where Romney has criticized Obama’s diploma-cy for failing to achieve quick results, the Republican insisted

that he wasn’t calling for war.“A military action is the last

resort,” he said. He praised Obama’s economic sanctions on Iran as “the right thing to do.”

On only one issue did the can-didates clash directly: defense spending. Obama has called for modest cuts in the Pentagon budget over the coming decade; Romney has proposed a major funding increase.

“We spend more on our mili-

tary than the next 10 countries combined,” Obama complained. “The math (of Romney’s pro-posal) just doesn’t work.”

Romney defended his arith-metic, but the confrontation al-lowed both candidates to pivot to the ground on which this election is really being fought: domestic economic policy.

“It’s time to do some nation building right here at home,” Obama said, citing education,

energy and scientific research.“I know what it takes to cre-

ate 12 million new jobs,” Rom-ney said.

Their body language sug-gested that this was the real battle; foreign policy was just a sideshow.

But we, and they, knew that all along.

How to avoid homecoming drama

Imagine yourself two weeks before homecoming, finalizing your plans.

Just as you finish crossing things off your to do list, in comes the first of a series of texts that will continue up until homecoming.

They usually come from an unfamiliar area code with some-thing like, “Hey girl!” or “What up boo.”

Of course your initial reac-tion is to respond with a, “who this” and you lie about your phone erasing all your contacts.

When the mystery person fi-nally reveals their identity it hits you.

It is normally the person who would not give you the time of day back home.

In other cases it is the distant cousin who suddenly wants to be close again.

My personal favorite is the friend of a friend who you hung out with and tolerated her whin-ny attitude. Entirely because she was the BFF of someone within

your circle. As the boring seconds of the

awkward conversation elapse, it finally hits you.

Oh, so you have heard about homecoming and now you need a place to lay your head?

Some are even bold enough to allude to the fact that they are trying to secure some guar-anteed homecoming after-hours action.

Their methods are often sneaky and tactful.

They begin by attempting to infiltrate your circle and you probably will not even notice.

You think it is just a friendly follow on Twitter or an innocent friend request on Facebook.

The next thing you know, they’re socially linked to the majority of your closest friends and all you hear about is how “cool” this person is and how much fun it would be if they got to come to homecoming.

Now that they have all of your friends on their side, you look like a complete jerk if you do not offer them a place to stay!

What are you to do? You can a either deny them

a place to stay, look like a jerk, and chalk it all up to YOLO for them not having a backup plan, or you can spend your entire homecoming with someone you don’t really know or like to be-gin with.

Most of the time we end up choosing the second choice to save face.

You then spend the next few days regretting this choice because your ungrateful guest either has to be babysat after a few shots, complains the entire time, and/or eats up all your noodles and snacks.

How do you avoid this pre-homecoming drama? Though some may not agree, you must lie! Go into witness protection. Drop off the face of Earth. That means no tweeting, instagram, or Facebook statuses. Your line is, “What is the greatest home-coming on earth?”

You have to act as if you ma-jor, no matter how lame, con-sumes your entire life and you do not have time for the foolish-ness of fun.

If you cannot resist the urge to tell all of your friends what you are doing at every moment

of your day, I suggest creating an alternative account for what-ever social network you are ad-dicted to.

Just be aware that this puts you at a much higher risk of exposing the fun you are not suppose to be having through photos.

Why is it so hard for us to say no? It is that guilty feeling we get when we feel we are not be-ing a true Aggie.

Aggies are known for hospi-tality, but you were not always an Aggie.

Somewhere in the handbook I’m sure there is a section about helping those who are less for-tunate like ECU, N.C. State, and Central see what it is like to take part in an authentic homecom-ing experience.

In the end, it is homecoming and within the spirit of Aggie Pride you only live once.

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Appreciating the value of Homecoming is a complicated concept to explain to individu-als who have never attended an HBCU.

A community getting ex-cited about one week out of an entire year sounds absolutely crazy right?

Well, in today’s society it is not everyday that events such as the Superbowl, the NCAA basketball tournament, holidays such Christmas, or Thanksgiving take place.

For individuals across the globe, “A&T’s homecoming” ranks just as high.

Everyone involved in the A&T family countdown until homecoming week the entire first quarter of fall semester.

Working professionals el-evate alcoholic tolerances in preparation to cut loose on the yard.

Friends reunite and old flames are rekindled.

You might ask what is the common denominator in this whole ordeal? Alcoholic bev-erages, lots of them.

People who you have lost

contact with will confess their love for you and send you ex-tensive texts messages filled with elementary school gram-mar after they have had a few.

Old classmates will be-come much too friendly for comfort.

They may attempt things that make you re-evaluate your association with them and in the end, “it’s all for the love of homecoming”.

Cameras will flash amongst you and your friends this week cementing memories into A&T history that will last for years to come.

Sweat will pour in abun-dance, livers will be over-worked, and eyes will gradu-ally become disoriented in the battle for drunken supremacy.

I guess Drake had it right when he said, “we live for the nights, that we can’t remember with the people that we won’t forget.”

So for everyone who plans to take part in A&T infamous homecoming, please drink re-sponsibly, exercise safety-first, and do your best not to embar-rass your respective families too much this weekend. Aggie Pride!

What song will be the an-them for GHOE 2012?

Guy #1 I think that “Clique” song with Big Sean, Kanye, and everybody will be the theme song for this year’s homecom-ing. The chorus goes hard, but that beat gets people hype each and every time they hear it. The chorus is so catchy.

Guy #2 Since it’s going to be so many ladies out here, I would have to say it will be “Adorn” by Miguel. When ladies hear those passionate love songs all of the GHOE emotions get involved soon after. Thats the way it’s been since I went here.

Guy #3 “Bands will make

her dance” by Juicy J will defi-nitely be a club banger. I just hope they don’t overplay it. The funny thing is that most people don’t understand exactly what the chorus of the song means. A lot of the girls I hear listening to it don’t exactly grasp the con-cept of cheeks clapping without using hands.

How fresh are you going to

be this homecoming?

Guy #1 I’m about to be too fresh. Homecoming is a time when you want to look your best. You get to see a lot of people that you haven’t seen in a while and you also get the opportunity to meet some new faces. The first impression is the only impression.

Guy #2 I don’t know how

fresh I’ll be, but I do know that I will try to keep everything sharp as possible. Fresh is a term for you young folks. I’m just cel-ebrating and looking to have a good time, I could care less about what your shirt looks like. It’s all about what you bring to the table.

Guy #3 I’m going to be fresh. I’m trying to rock a dif-ferent outfit to every event. I already got my shopping out the way so it all comes down to the way I sport my gear. You can never go wrong with Polo, Le-vis, and a colorful snapback.

Does alcohol have to be

a part of the GHOE experi-ence?

Guy #1 For students it defi-nitely does. I mean that’s the

main part students want to en-gage in. People are going to drink from sun up until sun down. But to keep it real pretty much everybody’s goal is to be wasted by the end of a long night of partying.

Guy #2 No, it certainly does not. GHOE is about finding your own way to enjoy yourself and have some fun. But since I’m grown and it’s a special time, I might hang out with my folks

and have a couple brews. It’s all about having control while having your share of fun.

Guy #3 No, for a lot of peo-ple alcohol has nothing to do with their homecoming experi-ence. There are other ways of getting into your comfort zone than drinking. A lot of people just want to go out and seize the opportunity to meet new people.

Alcohol’s special place in homecoming festivities

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theSCOREAGGIESRUNDOWNFOOTBALL

Bethune Cookman 4-0 5-2North Carolina Central 4-0 5-2Howard 4-1 5-2Delaware State 3-1 4-3Florida A&M 3-2 3-5Morgan State 2-2 3-4South Carolina State 2-3 3-5North Carolina A&T 1-3 3-4Hampton 1-3 1-5Savannah State 0-4 1-6Norfolk State 0-5 2-6

THIS WEEK’S GAME:Saturdayvs. Norfolk StateAggie Stadium1:30 p.m.

NEXT WEEK’S GAME:Saturdayvs. Florida A&MAggie Stadium1:30 p.m.

TEAM MEAC OVR.

VOLLEYBALL

TEAM MEAC OVR.

AROUNDSPORTS

NorthernMD Eastern Shore 7-0 21-3Norfolk State 5-2 9-18Hampton 4-3 13-13Coppin State 4-3 9-10Morgan State 3-4 3-17Delaware State 1-6 4-15Howard 0-6 0-18

SouthernFlorida A&M 5-0 7-8South Carolina State 3-2 6-11North Carolina Central 3-2 5-18Bethune Cookman 3-2 4-21North Carolina A&T 1-4 1-25 Savannah State 0-5 1-25

THIS WEEK’S GAME:Fridayat N.C. CentralDurham7 p.m.

NEXT WEEK’S GAME:Fridayat Florida A&MTallahassee, Fla.7 p.m.

Homecoming: prepping for a repeat

Walmart aids Aggie athletics

Student athletes and coach-es gathered in the parking lot of the Walmart on South Elm Street on Oct. 16 to meet supporters and fans from the Greensboro community. The athletes also showed appreciation to Walmart for all of their support and efforts in providing fi nances that go towards athletic scholarships. The function provided food, music, and different vendors for athletes, coaches and alumni to enjoy. During the program, mem-bers of Walmart’s staff and A&T’s athletic department recognized those who have provided money to help take care of Aggie Athlete’s fi nan-cially. “It takes about $3.5 million each year to provide scholar-ships for all of our student-athletes,” said Athletic Di-rector Earl Hilton. “We are delighted by the community support these young men and women have received from Walmart and their vendors.” Walmart representatives have attended various A&T events, including basketball and foot-ball games, All-Sports Awards Banquets, Commencement, and homecoming. “Being here today is impor-tant because we are giving back to our community and the people get to see us and talk to us which is good be-cause they get to see us out-side of our sports element,” said Andre McKoy, senior baseball player whose major is business. Teams in attendance also in-cluded the baseball, softball, swimming, the band accom-panied by Golden Delight, the cheerleading squad, and the men and women’s track and fi eld teams. “To be a student-athlete means to be a student fi rst, a

role model that’s dedicated, motivated and hard working. Managing this is not hard only if you are able to man-age your time well,” said Natalia Bygrave a junior psy-chology major and member of the women’s track team. Many of the student-ath-letes have to juggle having a social life, maintaining a decent performance in their sport, as well as excel in the classroom. Many of our student ath-letes have a demanding ma-jor and like Juanita Weaver, senior mechanical engineer-ing major, they feel as if they are slighted for their work ef-forts. “School is not easy but there are other majors who have more challenging and more demanding work com-pared to maybe a student who is majoring in History,” said Weaver. “More honor students are in a STEM fi eld which is rated higher and they should be recognized because statistically a 3.0 in a STEM major is more impres-sive than a nonmath STEM major.” Though the athletes may have different views on the work ethic of one another, the community and Athletic department are proud and support Aggie athletes. “Fan-tastic” was the fi rst word Hil-ton stated, “It’s wonderful, all the community involve-ment to continue education at A&T. We are so appreciative of the community and their consistency over the past six years.” Jim Mceod, who was the coordinator for the event and also employee for Pepsi, said, “It’s a great program that we started six years ago. I am an A&T alum so I wanted to give back.”

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A&T athletics and Walmart team up for annual scholarship drive.

MEAGAN JORDANContributor

It is a well-known fact that N.C. A&T has the Greatest Homecoming on Earth, but it was not until last year that the football team has lived up to the hype.

Last season, the Aggies fi nal-ly got over the hump and broke their homecoming losing streak against the Hornets of Delaware State, in a 42-24 victory.

This year the Aggies (1-3, 3-4) will play the Norfolk State Trojans (0-5, 2-6), and the team is looking for similar results for this year’s game. Many credited Head Coach Rod Broadway and wide receiver Larry Raper’s three-touchdown performance for last year’s homecoming vic-tory.

Before the 2011 season, the Aggies were on a seven-year homecoming losing streak. So with team morale, MEAC standings, and the very essence

of Aggie Pride itself, what are the Aggies doing this year to prepare for back-to-back home-coming victories?

“We have more important things to worry about than homecoming and its festivi-ties... our focus is to keep build-ing our team to be better,” Broadway expressed after last week’s shut out loss to Dela-ware State 24 – 0.

One of Broadway’s plans for this week’s game is to change up the starting line-up.

The biggest change in per-sonnel will be the kicker posi-tion. Sophomore kicker Jose Garcia-Camacho will replace the struggling freshman kicker Zach Cimaglia. “When you have the same guys making the same mistakes over and over again it is time for a change,” said Broadway.

“Cimaglia has been strug-gling for the past couple of weeks, so we will have Garcia-Camacho kicking fi eld goals and extra points for this week’s

game.”With the Aggies being hot

one week and ice cold the next, one of the biggest questions for Broadway is, “Will we win homecoming?”

Although he did guarantee a win, he eluded that they have a chance against a losing Nor-folk State team that came in this year being number one in the MEAC.

“Norfolk State, like us, is a good team that for some reason cannot collect wins. I believe it is going be a good game,” said Broadway.

A&T leads the series be-tween Norfolk State 27-11 and this will be the fi rst time the two take battle in Aggie Stadium for homecoming. Game time is at 1:30 p.m.

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TOP PHOTO BY CHRIS MARTIN BOTTOM PHOTO BY ALICIA FUNDERBURK• THE A&T REGISTER

QB LEWIS KINDLE has completed a total of 83 passes out of 143 attempted with 7 interceptions.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Pan-thers owner Jerry Richardson sat down in his offi ce Sunday night with Marty Hurney and posed two questions to the franchise’s longtime general manager: Why are the Panthers 1-5 and when are they going to get better? Hurney said he couldn’t give him an honest answer for either question.

The following morning Rich-ardson made the tough decision to fi re Hurney, who has been with the team since 1998 and the GM for the past 11 years.

The move came one day after star quarterback Cam Newton expressed his frustration follow-ing Carolina’s fourth straight de-feat, a 19-14 loss to Dallas.

Hurney took full responsibil-ity for the team’s failures.

“Words don’t keep your job, actions do,” Hurney said. “The bottom line is we were 1-5. We’re 1-3 at home. “We laid in egg in front of the Giants on na-tional TV (a 36-7 loss) and came back the last two weeks and lost against teams we felt like we had a good chance to beat. It can’t continue to go this way,” he said.

“Marty made every effort to bring success to the Panthers and took the team to a Super Bowl and two NFC champion-ship games,” Richardson said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we have not enjoyed the success we hoped for in recent years. I have the greatest respect and admira-tion for Marty and will always appreciate the way he tirelessly served the organization.”

Richardson spent most of Monday in meetings and talk-ing to people around the league he confi des in. Hurney said he doesn’t expect his replacement will be named until after the season, but he’s not completely sure.

There’s a chance Richardson could bring in an older, more ex-perienced former general man-ager to advise him on the direc-tion of the franchise and give him an honest evaluations of the players in the interim.

In the meantime, Brandon Beane, the team’s director of football operations, will handle day-to-day football matters until a new GM is hired.

Student Fan Poll

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The A&T Register

predicts what will happen at

the Homecoming concert!

ELLE VARNER:

@justice_91: “I predict Elle Varner is going to sound slightly tragic she did at the BET awards.”

@NecoleRitchie: “I predict Elle Varner is going to sing her only song, ‘Refi ll.’”

ON STAGE

BIG SEAN:

@kayrob_: “I predict that the twerkers will run on stage and proceed to shake their behinds while Big Sean per-forms ‘Dance.’”

@tayshredz: “I predict that Big Sean will bring out Tey-anna Taylor.”

ON STAGE

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TRENDING FASHION HOTPICK

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The A&T Register takes a look at one great

trend for Homecoming!

Bold and wild is the theme for homecoming.

After all the work that you have been slaving over, it’s time to have a little fun.

Bold prints that make you stand out and special details is key for all Nxlevel parties.

Try this asos.com look with a bold print, studded shoulders and a � aring bot-tom.

-N.J.

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20QUESTIONS

1. Did you see the twerkers at the Homecoming Kickoff with matching outfi ts? 2. Are they a part of Twerk Phi Twerk? 3. Are we giving these ladies too much attention? 4. How many of you all are ready to do hood rat things this weekend? 5. How many fresh-men are we going to fi nd tapped out on the strip? 6. Is there a point where you party too hard? 7. Who got their Polo, Michael Kors and Forever 21 ready? 8. You do know its played out right? 9. Whose parents will we see on the plots dancing for some bands, I mean plates? 10. Are the K’s going to get played this year at the Step Show? 11. Did they at least let them keep the prize money? 12. Is there even going to be a competition for the frats? 13. Should the Sigmas just forfeit to give someone else a chance to win? 14. Are they going to have more than 5 Zetas stepping this year? 15. Should we ban the people who trademarked “GHOE” from homecoming? 16. How many people have their excuse notes ready? 17. Seniors, can you believe this is your last homecom-ing? 18. Or is this your sixth? 19. How long will Sprint go out this year? 20. Are you ready to “Pour Up....Drank?”

YOUNG JEEZY:

@contrastxposure: “Someone doesn’t show up to the concert every year. This year it will be Jeezy.”

@persemprebella: “Jeezy is going to bring out Neyo. He looks so good!”

@CrispyMartin: “Jeezy will do a stage dive.”

KENDRICK LAMAR

This hot new rapper has ev-eryone playing “Swimming Pools/Drank” at their house par-ties.

This track might not be in the context of drinking, but who cares? This is the perfect song to pregame to.

Kendrick Lamar has blown up fast.

With his newly released al-bum, we know he has more hits to play at all you Homecoming activities!

Turn up!

-N.J., E.V., B.R.

BIG SEAN, KANYE WEST AND JAY-Z

Is anyone going to be fresher than your Clique?

Kanye always seems to put out a hot track and did not fall short with this one.

The beat is crazy and Big Sean on the chorus was a smart move.

Will Big Sean perform this song at the Homecoming con-cert this Saturday?

This will be the perfect song while coastin’ down the strip.

-N.J., E.V., B.R.

KELLY ROWLAND AND LIL WAYNE

Kelly made records with her hit “Motivation” last year with Wayne and she did not stop there.

Clearly seeing that any track with Wayne is a good look, she is back with her new song “Ice” that will have you melting.

For all the ladies that are looking for a slow sensual song to bump in the car, this is for you.

Oh, and also because Wayne is on it.

-N.J., E.V., B.R.

The season has come for day parties, after parties, step shows, the homecoming pa-rade and most importantly classes.

With Homecoming upon us, we must take the time to discuss what is hot and not to make sure no one ends up re-gretting his or her Homecom-ing experience.

Many are guilty of commit-ting multiple fashion faux pas unknowingly.

First things fi rst, make sure you attend all of your classes. Homecoming festivities will be there after class.

Do dress for the weather sensibly. Many alumni will be coming back to their alma mater.

Show them that all of their hard work did not go to waste on students who go to class in club clothes.

Wear business casual and business professional looks during the week.

It helps to raise the moral-ity of the university and says that there is a time and place for everything.

School paraphernalia is defi nitely in. Wear your N.C. A&T t-shirts, cardigans, pins, and jackets.

College is not only an edu-cational institution, but also a business.

Let us treat it as such. Many females will add a feminine touch of color to masculine business codes by wearing colors that are bright and dis-tracting.

Do not wear crazy hair-styles, under-clothed outfi ts, or clothing that leaves little to the imagination.

If it looks like “bands will make you dance,” then you should probably save the en-semble for the club.

Guys, take the extra time to set a good example for the men on our campus by not coming to school looking crazy or too relaxed.

During Homecoming, try to stay away from the sweatpants and hoodie cliché.

No matter how intoxicated you might be, fi nd your lo-cal barber or have your friend shape you up so you can look fresh.

When it comes to business casual or professional wear, keep it simple.

Do bring out your blazers, oxfords and sweaters.

Try to wear “Aggie Colors” and incorporate them in your tie, shirt or jacket choice.

As Homecoming reigns in, remember these tips and come prepared to impress.

Try to resist ratchetness and ignorance, at least until after 10p.m.-atregister@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @ATRegister

DERYCK VANDERBILT- NICHOLSONContributor

Robb Schreiber is not your average “Real World” cast mate.

The red haired reality star who made his fi rst appearance on MTV’s “The Challenge” shows rookies should not be underestimated.

Schreiber did not see “The Real World” see in his future.

“Most [castmates] have watched the show or they want something out of it,” said Schreiber.

“I have actually never watched a full season of “The Real World,” but my mom is a huge fan of the show.

She thought I would have more fun being on the show, so I went online and applied.

The next thing I knew, I was on a plane to St. Thomas.

I actually found out I made the show the day of my birth-day.”

Schreiber’s rookie experi-ence with his team, St. Thom-as, was tough, but had that did not stop them.

“We weren’t the only rook-ies, but the only thing in their favor is that they had people on their team who were on other challenges,” said Schreiber.

Actually, no one even knew who we were because they didn’t play our commercial

yet. People

slept on us and took us for grant-ed, but that played to our favor.

It was bad, but at the same time it re-ally ben-efi ted us.”

Everyone except Schreiber went through “The Challenge” with a strategy.

“I’m not the best with poli-tics, so I tried my best to come through with the challenges.

Marie takes a lot of credit. Marie is good with politicking and making friends.

What we did was stay low, not be last place or win, and maintain our friendships.”

The challenges this year seem more brutal than previ-ous years.

“I can’t give too much away about ‘The Challenge,’ but one challenge that comes on in two weeks was one of the most physically demanding things I ever had to do.

There was another chal-lenge towards the end of the season that deals with jumping off the side of a boat.

Anything that [dealt] with stamina and holding your breath, I kind of sucked at.”

There were many funny moments during “The Real World” which viewers will never get to see.

“There was a ferry to catch and there was a 14 drinks spe-cial,” he said.

“My dumb self downed it all down and ended up passing out on this sidewalk ledge.

None of the cast or my roommates could fi nd me.

At some point, they found me in the bathroom and I was giving myself a pep talk.

I blacked out but all I could remember is the camera crew having me in the audio room cracking up about my pep talk.

We had a lot more fun than what was actually delivered.”

Even though his Challenge and “Real World” experiences are over, Schreiber still has big plans.

“I just fi nished up my crimi-nal justice degree and I am go-ing back to school for my busi-ness degree.”

Take time out of Homecom-ing to watch “The Real World Challenge: Battle of the Sea-sons” every Wednesday on MTV at 10 p.m.

-nmjackso@aggies.ncat.edu and fol-low me on Twitter at @NecoleRitchie and @ClassyNell

NECOLE JACKSON AND JENELL MCMILLON

Scene Editor and Senior Reporter

Homecoming fashiondo’s and don’ts

Overcoming the rookie life on MTV’s ‘The Challenge’

Robb Schreiber

Homecoming ApprovedTurn up this weekend with these hot tracks!

JUICY J, LIL WAYNE AND 2 CHAINS

Homecoming will make you dance! Juicy J has been out for a while, but with this hit, it brought him right back in the game.

Even though “Bands a Make her Dance” is over-played, it’s something about it that does not get old.

Expect to hear this in every car, club, house party and social event.

At the end of the week-end, just blame it on the song.

-N.J., E.V., B.R.

Tis’ the season for merry play,When guys make plans to drop their bae.

When twerkers come from the night, In club clothes tight enough to cause fright.

Where no parking is your worst fear, Or at the game hearing other Aggies cheer.

Whether you choose Nxlevel or Pretty Nasty,You always see the Ques hop ever so fastly.One thing for sure is music you will hear,

So don’t be a nube playing what’s hot last year.Take the Register’s advice stick to what we know,

To celebrate what we call EOHG# (read backwards).So while you ride with your friends in the car,Play what we recommend and shine like a star.

HAPPY HOMECOMING!

Love your Scene Editor, Necole