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BY BROOKE SELLARSECHO STAFF WRITER
Once again, the hip-hop industrydescended on N.C. CentralUniversity for the annual Hip-HopSummit, a part of NCCU’s recently
launched Hip-Hop Initiative.This year’s summit included panelists
from MTV, Sony, Source Magazine, SiriusSatellite Radio and many more.
Students were given the opportunity tohave an open discussion with the indus-try’s top representatives.
They were also able to participate inevents such as a film festival, a talentshow, DJ and Producer competitions, andeven an old-school hip-hop concert.
The summit began Feb. 9 with an open-ing session held at the B.N. DukeAuditorium.
Students attended several sessions,including Fashion is my Passion, with pan-elist Tara Payne, a designer forAbercrombie & Fitch; Jasmin Rijken, direc-tor of Marketing and Public Relations for
Miskeen Clothing and Osa Asemota,founder of The Gift Agency.
Michael “Blue” Williams, founder of
Family TreeEntertain-ment, was thekeynote speak-er that after-noon.
Studentswere able tomeet and greetthe panelistsand executivestaff for net-working oppor-tunities.
BrittanyBenson, mass communications senior andhost of the campus television program “Onthe Yard,” shared her experience.
“I definitely benefited from meeting dif-ferent people from the industry,” Bensonsaid.
“They embraced me and ... my hard
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GAME SCHEDULEMonday, February 26Women’s Games: 3 p.m., 7p.m., 9 p.m.
Tuesday, February 27Women Quarterfinals: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m.
Wednesday, February 28 Men’s Games: 3 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m.
Thursday, March 1 Men’s Quarterfinals: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m.
Friday, March 2Women’s Semifinals: 1 p.m., 3 p.m.Men’s Semifinals; 7 p.m. 9 p.m.
Super Saturday, March 3Women’s Finals: 5 p.m.Men’s Finals: 8 p.m.
Lead scorer Drew Johnson (left) and lead rebounder Charles “Stix” Futrell look toeach other and their teammates for a chance at the CIAA Championship.
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Business clusterfocuses on health
BY CANDICE MITCHELLECHO STAFF WRITER
The N.C. CentralUniversity Business andIndustry Cluster was heldFeb. 8 at the Radisson Hotel.Its theme was “ResearchingHealth Disparities in theAfrican-American communi-ty.”
The Business andIndustry Cluster facilitateseffective communicationand collaboration betweenindustry representativesand the University in activi-ties of mutual benefit.
According to the NationalInstitutes of Health, dispari-
ties are differences in theincidence, prevalence, mor-tality and other negativehealth conditions amongminorities unable to receiveadequate healthcare.
The 2006 National HealthCare Disparities report stat-ed that a 2005 report fromthe Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention saidAfrican-American NorthCarolinians have a higherobesity rate compared towhite Americans, as well asa higher prevalence of dia-betes.
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Obamajoins race
BY DESMOND WEBBECHO STAFF WRITER
It’s official. Barack Obama has formally
announced his candidacy for pres-ident of the United Staes.
Obama, a 45-year-old, one termU.S. Senator from Illinois, joined acrowded primary field ofDemocrats on Saturday, Feb. 10.
He announced his candidacywhile standing before thousands at
the historic OldState Capitol inSpringfield, Ill.where AbrahamLincoln deliveredhis “House Divided”speech against slav-ery in 1858. ”People who lovetheir country canchange it,” saidObama to a cheeringcrowd. “It was here,
in Springfield, where North, South,East and West come together that Iwas reminded of the essentialdecency of the American people —where I came to believe that throughthis decency, we can build a morehopeful America.”
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BY EBONY MCQUEENECHO STAFF WRITER
The Student GovernmentElections committee has disquali-fied four prospective candidatesfrom running in the forthcomingStudent Government Associationelections, alleging that the candi-dates have not accumulated enoughhours to qualify.
Juniors Latia White, Cheryl Clarkand Chan Hall were told by the com-mittee that they are ineligible to runfor Miss North Carolina CentralUniversity. Reginald Boney, also ajunior and a candidate for Mr.NCCU, faces the same problem.
“It’s just really unfair,” saidBoney.
According to the four candidates,when they enrolled as freshman theNCCU course catalog stated thatthey needed 90 credit hours to beconsidered seniors. The new coursecatalog states that a student needsto have 96 credit hours to be consid-ered a senior.
“I don’t think we should have tofollow a rule that was put in placeafter we came in,” said White.
The candidates were notifiedthat they were ineligible to run twodays before official campaigningbegan.
“I just feel cheated,” said Clark.
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Committee seeksnew chancellor BY RONY CAMILLE
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
It’s been only a weeksince N.C. CentralUniversity ChancellorJames H. Ammons wasselected as the 10thpresident of FloridaA&M University, butNCCU officials havealready started theprocess of selectingtheir new leader.
In a letter to faculty,staff and students,Cressie Thigpen, Jr.,chair of NCCU’s Boardof Trustees, said asearch committee has
been established. The committee’s
goal is to submit candi-dates to ErskineBowles, University ofNorth Carolina Systempresident, by June.
Ammons, who cameto NCCU in 2001, plansto preside over the May2007 graduation beforeassuming his new posi-tion in Tallahassee,Fla., pending furthernegotiations withFAMU officials.
Ammons has notannounced the datethat he will report tohis post.
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BY ALIECE MCNAIRECHO STAFF WRITER
Many N.C. CentralUniversity students marchedin Raleigh on Saturday forthe Historic K (Thousands)on Jones Street, led by theN.C. NAACP.
“I want y’all to get a first -hand experience,” said anNAACP traffic usher.
NCCU students and N.C.and Virginia citizens cameout in support.
Students rode on campusbuses and drove personalvehicles to the march.
NCCU students earned15 community service hoursfor their participation in theevent.
Over a thousand studentsfrom more than 60 organiza-tions marched to the down-town Raleigh legislativebuilding to demand a 14-point change, includingabolishing a “raciallybiased” death penalty anddoing away with lethalinjections.
“We’re trying not to givethem a lethal injection, buta life injection,” said
Reverend Dr. William J.Barber, president of the N.C.NAACP.
Tomasi Larry, political sci-ence junior and NCCU’s SGAvice president, said thatpoint six — lifting everyHBCU — is most important tohim.
“I think that historicallyblack colleges and universi-ties directly (target) the lackof education, knowledge andstability of minorities,”Larry said.
A.J. Donaldson, politicalscience senior, told thecrowd, “Jim Crow had a sonby the name of James Crow."Donaldson said activists ofthe 1960s civil rights move-ment were as young astoday’s college students.
“Hopefully it will bring usall together, not just theblack community, but the tri-angle,” Daniele Hood, crimi-nal justice junior, said.Hood said Tameka Thomas,president of NCCU’sNAACP, urged her and othermembers to attend themovement.
Jarvis Hall, the HK on Jcoordinator for NCCU stu-
dents, challenged legislatorsto survive on a minimumwage income, following Rev.Barber in saying, “We need alivable wage.”
“I’m fired up! I can't takeit no more!” the audiencesaid, following Judge MiltonToby-Fitch’s lead.
Fitch said he was happyto see those who served inlegislature with him inattendance.
People sat in the ProgressEnergy Center for more than2 hours before heading outto march downtown.
“H-K on J!” supporterschanted.
After going over the 14-point agenda, the crowd was“fired up” to march down-town.
The program concludedas supporters signed awooden scroll outlining the14 points for legislatures tosee Monday morning.
“The fight is on untilwrong turns to right,” Rev.Barber said. He plans tocontinue the movementuntil minorities and immi-grants receive equal rightsfrom North Carolina.
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Lack of home training? Mess in the nest wearing on students, staff
BY JESSICA PARKER
ECHO STAFF WRITER
There is a problem in thehalls of Eagle Landing —there is trash everywhere.
Even though there aretrash rooms on each floorand dumpsters outside, res-idents continue to throwtheir trash on the floors.
This problem is not onlygoing on in the residencehalls, but also in the class-room buildings. Candywrappers, drink bottles andeven chicken bones litterthe steps and the floors.
There is a no-litteringpolicy in the residencehalls.
The no-littering policyfor the resident halls statesthat a particular floor, orthe entire building, is sup-posed to be fined whenlarge amounts of trash arefound outside of the proper
areas. However, this policy is
not being enforced.“I think that it is degrad-
ing to our university ... thereare trash bins all over cam-pus, so you can just throw itin the trash and stop pollut-ing our environment,” saidmass communication seniorEbony McQueen.
Some students believethat throwing trash on thefloors gives people a poorimpression of NCCU’s stu-dents.
“When someone visitsNCCU and sees trash allover the place, the firstthing they will think is thatthe people are nothing buttrash,” said biology juniorAdam Spencer.
Students are not the onlyones affected by the litter-ing. Members of the school’shousekeeping staff alsohave to deal with this prob-
lem. Housekeeping super-visor Tyrone Wilson saysstudents have a misconcep-tion about what housekeep-ers are here for.
“Basically, it shows thatthey have a lack of hometraining,” said Wilson.“They have a misconceptionthat housekeepers are thesame thing as butlers ormaids –— We’re not.”
Wilson said that studentsneed to take responsibilityfor their environment.
“Mom and dad aren’there to pick up behindthem.”
Wilson believes that thisproblem can be dealt withby telling students whenthey first enter the universi-ty that they should treat thedorms and other buildingswith respect.
“This will be their homefor the next four years,”Wilson said.
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for Blue Cross and BlueShield, said in order to elim-inate disparities, it is neces-sary to understand wherethe disparities are, theninvolve the people in under-served communities in dis-cussions on how to addressthe conditions of healthcare.
The keynote speaker forthe cluster was Dr. DonaldW. Bradley, executive med-ical director of Blue Crossand Blue Shield NorthCarolina.
“Health disparities havebeen there for a longtime…we need to under-stand it’s a real problem,”said Bradley.
Bradley said that beingable to collect data thatfocuses on disparity issues,relating that data to specif-ic conditions and involvingthe entire healthcare sys-tem, will allow healthcareproviders to intervene.
Tracey Burns-Vann,director of corporate andfoundation relations, worksas liaison between corpora-tions and foundations thatinvest in the university.
“There’s much researchregarding health dispari-ties taking place on cam-pus,” said Vann.
The Nursing Depart-ment, along with the HBCU
Alliance, is researchingcardiovascular risk.
She said the clustermakes it possible to intro-duce students to the indus-try for internships andother opportunities.
The NCCU Office ofInstitutional Advancementplans to work alongsideCareer Services in the nearfuture to develop a clusterconference to reach morestudents, strengthen thebonds made through thebusiness and industry clus-ter, and encourage othercompanies to becomeinvolved.
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“I had a campaign team ofover 100 students and I feellike I let people down.”
According to SGAElections Chair SamanthaCarter, the candidates havebeen removed from theofficial ballot.
“I really think thescreening process shouldhave been done well inadvance,” said Hall.
Carter said she also hadbeen under the impressionthat the candidates onlyneeded 90 credit hours, butwas later told differently.
“Before I called the can-didates, I checked to see ifthey had 90,” said Carter.“None of them had 90 or96.”
The new rules requireall candidates for execu-tive offices to have at least96 credit hours in order torun.
According to the SGAConstitution, all candi-
dates running for Mr. andMiss NCCU must be classi-fied as seniors, as deter-mined by the Office of theUniversity Registrar, byJune 1.
“After last year I beganto see how politics reallyworks around here,” saidHall. “It’s all about whokisses whose ass.”
This year’s electionproblems come just a yearafter constitutional issuesled to a two-week delay inthe announcement of SGApresidential results.
Vice Chancellor forStudent Affairs RolandGaines said the electionsheld Friday, March 31,2006, were unconstitution-al because the SGA fol-lowed the 2005 SGAConstitution, which hadnot yet been signed by thechancellor.
Under the 2003 constitu-tion, the one under which
the SGA should have beenoperating, elections shouldhave been held on aTuesday, Wednesday orThursday.
The SGA eventuallyreleased the results, withthe former president,Renee Clark, saying that apending grievance hadprevented the Associationfrom releasing them andthat the grievance hadbeen solved.
Mukhtar Raqib, the cur-rent SGA president, wasdeclared the winner, beat-ing A.J. Donaldson,Brandon Sanders and SeanKornegay.
This year’s SGA execu-tive board candidates areTomasi Larry for presi-dent, Isaac Bellamy forvice president, CoreyDinkins for Mr. NCCU, andKate Sturdivant andLatoya Tate for MissNCCU.
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Sahoo saves school
BY ARKAEMI FULLERECHO STAFF WRITER
On December 31, 2005,the School of Businessfaced the challenge of a life-time — the school lost itsaccreditation from theAssociation of CollegiateBusiness Schools andPrograms.
So Chancellor James H.Ammons turned to Bijoy K.Sahoo to fix the problem.
And fix it he did. Sahoo became interim
dean on January 2, 2006. By April 2006 the ACBSP
re-accredited the school.Through much hard workand commitment, Sahoocompleted the task in justfour months — a processthat usually takes 12-18months.
And by December 2006 theschool received an additionalaccreditation from Associationto Advance Collegiate Schoolsof Business.
The professors in hisschool are clearly
impressed with his work. “I have known Dean
Sahoo long enough, and Ihave a strong belief in hisleadership because heknows what he is doing,”said associate business pro-fessor Javad Kargar.
“He is a very concerned,trustful, fair and reliableperson. The next challengeis for him to maintain theschool’s accreditation.”
In their accreditationreport, the AACSB teamnoted “the willingness ofthe dean to address con-cerns with positive actions.”
Sahoo was appointedDean of the School ofBusiness on Jan. 15, 2007.
Prior to becoming theDean of the School ofBusiness, Sahoo was theassistant vice chancellor forstrategic planning and con-tinuous improvement.
He came to the UnitedStates from India in 1983 as aRotary-sponsored exchangestudent on a poetry scholar-ship and later earned hisMBA in international busi-
ness and a Ph.D. in financefrom the University of SouthCarolina.
After getting his Ph.D.,he taught at USC and wasthe W.R. Holland endowedchair in finance and inter-national business at QueensUniversity’s McColl Grad-uate School of Business inCharlotte.
The AACSB saw the fol-lowing strengths in theSchool of Business: its com-mitment to technology, thededication of the faculty tocontinuous improvement, therigor of the teaching evalua-tion process and the highlevel student enthusiasm.
The AACSB also com-mended the central admin-istration for its support ofthe School.
“Our real work beginsnow,” said Sahoo. “As anaccredited school, both byAACSB and ACBSP, much isexpected of us. And we willnot disappoint. We willwork to prepare our stu-dents to have productivecareers and to live noble
Candidates hop hoopsSGA campaigning has tight parameters
BY KESHA LEACHECHO STAFF WRITER
It’s time for flyers, speechesand social mixers again. TheSGA campaign officially beganat 12:01 a.m., Feb. 12, and can-didates are scrambling to getvotes.
Before SGA candidateshit the ground running,they have to do some care-ful legwork first.
According to SamanthaCarter, SGA director ofelections and transitions,students interested in run-ning for an SGA positionhad to attend one of fivemeetings where theylearned about election pro-cedures. The meetingswere held Jan. 23, 26, 30and Feb. 5 and 6.
At the meetings, potentialSGA candidates received apacket, which had to be com-pleted and returned by 2 p.m.,Feb. 5. The eight-page packetincluded a letter, dates of allevents, intent to run form, rec-ommendation forms and dona-tion clearance forms.
To ensure no one couldtamper with their complet-ed packets, candidatesslipped them through thetiny slit of a box kept in theSGA office.
All candidates mustobserve SGA campaign
spending limitations. Theycan pay for their campaignmaterial out of pocket orfrom funds donated by fam-ily or business sponsors,but they must turn inreceipts for all their cam-paign expenses.
Candidates running forclass positions, such as jun-ior class or sophomoreclass president, must workwithin a budget of $500.Candidates running forexecutive positions, such asSGA president, vice presi-dent, or Mr. and Miss.NCCU must work within abudget of $1,000.
If a candidate goes over thespending limit, it is a level twoviolation. For this violation,the constitution requires areview by committee and apossible hearing.
Three such violationsresult in disqualification. Limitations are also placedon campaign areas.
For example, candidatesare not allowed to postmaterials in the temporarycafeteria or the AlfonsoElder Student Union(which will serve as thepolling site). Both areasare considered neutral ter-ritory.
After the campaign isover, candidates must take
down all their flyers or becharged a fee.
Carter explained thatcandidate write-ins canonly run for open positions.¾ internships are nowrequired for class presi-dents, SGA president, vicepresident, and Mr. andMiss. NCCU.
According to Carter, theinternships are so that SGAofficials will no longer “have tostart from scratch.”
This year’s speeches anddebates will be held 7 p.m.,Feb. 19 and 20. Feb. 19 will befor class officers, and Feb. 20will be for executive candi-dates.
Getting votes is only halfthe battle for Mr. and Miss.NCCU.
Their election votescount for only 60 percent oftheir total score, whiletheir Feb. 21 performancecounts for the remaining 40percent.
Elections will be heldFeb. 22 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.mat the B.N. Duke auditori-um
“I would like to encour-age everyone to go vote. Letyour voice be heardbecause every vote counts,and you can make a differ-ence,” said freshman classpresident Brittany Bigelow.
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Commission reports on 1898 white coup d’etat
Wilmington coup
BY NATALIAPEARSON-FARRER
ECHO STAFF WRITER
It is one of the most sig-nificant events and a cru-cial turning point in thehistory of North Carolina,but it is a story that manyhave never heard.
On the morning of Nov.10, 1898, groups of armedwhite men marchedthrough the black sectionsof Wilmington with twopurposes — murder anddestruction.
“It happened like clock-work,” said LeRaeUmfleet, principalresearcher of the N.C.Department of CulturalResources and author ofthe 1898 Wilmington RaceRiot Commission Report.“Basically it started at 8o’clock in the morning andby 5 it was over.”
Wilmington, then thestate’s largest and mostimportant city, stood as asymbol of black achieve-ment. Duke historian TimTyson notes in “The Ghostsof 1898” that blacks owned10 of the city’s 11 eating-houses and 20 of its 22 bar-bershops. Many of thecity’s expert craftsmenwere black. The DailyRecord, said to be the onlyblack-owned daily newspa-per in the country, washoused in Wilmington.
Two days before, theDemocratic Party hadtaken the statewide elec-tions, using a combinationof intimidation, violence,anti-black propaganda andelection fraud.
On Nov. 9, the campaigndrew up a “WhiteDeclaration ofIndependence,” statingthat white men would“never again be ruled bymen of African origin.”
The next day the streetsof Wilmington became akilling ground, startingwith the destruction of the
black newspaper and end-ing with white men firinginto black homes.Meanwhile, leaders of theDemocratic Party staged acoup d'état in the CityHall, forcing city officialsto resign at gunpoint andreplacing them with whitemen.
By the end of the day, noone knew for sure howmany people lay dead.Successful black business-men and their white allieswere banished and manymore blacks quietly stagedan exodus from the city.
This carefully orches-trated campaign ensuredthat whites would reignsupreme in North Carolinaand the South. In the yearsafterward, the bloodyrebellion of 1898 stood as areminder to African-Americans that it couldhappen again if they con-tinued to press for rightsand justice.
“It was the catalyst thatushered in acceptance ofJim Crow legislation andstatewide rule by theDemocratic Party for thenext 70 years,” saidUmfleet. “Because theyhad a riot in Wilmington,they didn’t have to haveone anywhere else.”
In 2000, the N.C.General Assembly createdthe 1898 Wilmington RaceRiot Commission toresearch the events of thatnight. The panel releasedits report in May 2006, con-cluding that what hap-pened was not a riot, butan overthrow designed todisenfranchise blacks.
“It was a political mas-sacre of black people,”said the HonorableThomas Keith, ForsythCounty District Attorney.“It was the only coup d'étatof a sitting government, yetnothing is done about it.”
Now that the story of1898 has been told, thereport concludes, steps
should be taken to “repairthe wrong” done 108 yearsago.
The commission’s rec-ommendations include abroad range of repara-tions: incentives to attractminority-owned business-es and minority home own-ership in impacted areas,incorporation of the eventsinto school curriculum,acknowledgement bynewspapers of the role ofthe media in the rebellion,distribution of accounts ofthe story, and recognitionof the events to be dis-played in public locations.
In January, the N.C.Democratic Party unani-mously passed a resolutionrenouncing the actions ofthe 1898 Democratic Partyand apologizing to thoseaffected by the revolt.
On Feb. 10, as part of the“Historic Thousands onJones Street” march, theN.C. NAACP presented its14-point People’s Agendato the N.C. GeneralAssembly, headquarteredon Jones St. The Agendacalled on the N.C. GeneralAssembly to immediatelyimplement the commis-sion’s recommendations .
“We demand that legis-lators implement findingsof the study,” said JarvisHall, political action chairof the N.C. NAACP. “[If notfor 1898] would we have aneducational system thathas failed our childrenand an economic systemthat has failed citizens ofNorth Carolina?”
The commission’s studywas modeled after previ-ous investigations intorace riots in Tulsa, Okla.and Rosewood, Fla. OnFeb. 7, the commissionpresented its findings anddiscussed efforts toredress the consequencesof the WilmingtonInsurrection of 1898 at theN.C. Central UniversitySchool of Law.
Generous couple offers helpUtah foundation gives 100k to fund chemistry scholarship
BY TRAVIS D. RUFFINECHO STAFF WRITER
There really are goodpeople in the world who willgo out of their way to helpothers — people like Chrisand Jenette Meldrum.
N.C. Central Universityrecently discovered thisgood news when it becamethe first, and still the only,HBCU to receive scholar-ship funds from theMeldrum Foundation.
The foundation, based inSalt Lake City, was createdby Peter Meldrum, presi-dent and CEO of MyriadGenetics, a biopharmaceuti-cal company.
The $100,000 donationwill become the ChristopherS. Meldrum Scholarship.Beginning next fall, it willfund a chemistry student’seducation at $3,000 per year.
The Meldrum Foundationhas given money to schoolsin Utah, but this is the firsttime it has donated to a
school in North Carolina.The Meldrums, directors
of the foundation, moved toDurham seven years ago.
“We had driven past thecampus of NCCU on severaloccasions, and my husbandand I saw the differentdevelopments,” said JenetteMeldrum. “We just wantedto somehow be a part ofwhat was going on.”
The Meldrums, both sci-ence majors in college, saidthey were interested in thescience programs at NCCU,so they contacted RandalChilds, NCCU director ofmajor gifts.
“I first spoke with Chrisback in October, and he toldme that they were extremelyimpressed with NCCU’srenewed interest in the sci-ences,” said Childs, whoinvited the Meldrums tovisit the campus.
But just wanting to helpNCCU wasn’t all theMeldrums had to do — theyhad to get the other mem-
bers of the foundation boardto buy into their idea.
“When my son Chris firstcame to me and said that hewanted to donate to NCCU, Iwas excited,” said PeterMeldrum. “I strongly feelthat if you are in a positionto make a difference, youtotally have an obligation todo so.”
Peter Meldrum’s wife,Katherine, bought into theidea too.
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Childs said that the kindof support NCCU hasreceived is exactly the kindof support the Universityneeds.
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Polls indicate thatObama lags behind Clinton24 points with the blackvote. But N.C.Central students are excit-
ed about the Obama cam-paign.
“I was very excited andthis is something that I’vebeen hoping for,” said histo-ry senior Aqua Drakes. “Myheart fluttered when Iheard the wonderful news.I’m going online to see whatI can do to help out with hiscampaign”.
Some students are scep-tical, however, about theprospect of an AfricanAmerican getting electedfor president in the U.S.
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BY LUTHER CLAYECHO STAFF WRITER
On Thursday, Feb. 22 at 7.p.m., the Regulator Bookshopon 720 Ninth St. will host abook signing of “The RaceBeat: The Press, the CivilRights Struggle, and theAwakening of a Nation” byGene Roberts and HankKlibanoff.
“There’s a lot to talk aboutthat’s North Carolina relat-ed,” said Klibanoff.
The book tells the com-plex story of the way newsmedia — the black press,Southern city newspapersand the national press — cov-ered the civil rights strugglethat raged across the Southafter the Word War II and,especially, after the 1954Supreme Court decision,“Brown v. Board ofEducation,” struck downschool segregation.
The black newspapers andblack reporters stood bravelyat the forefront of the civilrights struggle, but wereoften attacked, as was AlexWilson, editor of theMemphis-based Tri-StateDefender.
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Covering resistance to thecivil rights movement trans-formed many nationalreporters.
New York Times reporterHarrison Salisbury wrotethat the fear and repressive-ness in Birmingham remind-ed him of his reporting inSoviet-governed Moscow.
Charles Moore’s wideangle photography for Lifemagazine, which showed theuse of dogs and fire hoses ondemonstrators, helped mobi-lize action for the passage ofa national civil rights bill.
Roberts and Klibanoffsaid they worked on “TheRace Beat” for 15 years.
Roberts is a journalismprofessor at the University ofMaryland, College Park. Hereported for several southernnewspapers before joiningthe New York Times as thechief civil rights reporter in1965.
Klibanoff was a reporterin Mississippi for six yearsand is now managing editorof the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Times.
Black situation appraisedBY CHARELLITTA LEWIS
ECHO STAFF WRITER
Over 8,000 people gath-ered in HamptonUniversity’s ConvocationCenter for the 8th AnnualState of the Black Union,Feb. 9-10
According to author andtalk show host Tavis Smiley,it’s time for the AfricanAmerican community totake matters into their ownhands and empower them-selves.
“I have given up on try-ing to change ‘They’ and‘Them,’ said Smiley in hisremarks before one panel.
“I’m more concernedabout ‘We’ and ‘Us.’ How dowe advance our agenda?”
Hampton University waschosen as the site of theconference to celebrateAmerica’s 400th anniver-sary of the founding ofJamestown, Va.
Throughout the pro-gram, numerous questions
were asked and discussedsuch as: “What is theAfrican-American imprintfour hundred years afterarriving at Jamestown?”“Where are we now?”“What can we do now toimprove life for others andfor the future?”
These questions wereanswered by more than twodozen distinguished pan-elists including CornelWest, Princeton Universityprofessor of African-American studies, CathyHughes, founder of RadioOne, and Chuck D, founderof Public Enemy and JuliaHare co-founder andnational executive directorof the Black Think Tank.
Another issue that cameup during the forum wasthe fact that people of colorare not playing an activepart in the democraticprocess.
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ion,” said Rep. KeithEllison (D-Minnesota).
Ellison is the firstMuslim ever elected toCongress.
“There is no time like arace for the White House toget traction on issues thatmatter to your communityif you have an agenda,”said Smiley.
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6 Campus EchoWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2007Feature
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
Summit sizzles
For one week, B.N.
Duke Auditorium
held up nicely
when it should
have been brought
down by the hip
hop nation.
The floors shook and the spot
rocked. From students to teachers,
executives to artists, and under-
ground fans to old-school stars,
NCCU’s 2nd Annual Hip Hop Summit
was the place to be.
Now let’s get back to this hip hop
nation concept. What would a Hip
Hop Nation look like? What would a
Hip Hop Nation do during a week of
hip hop praise and celebration?
There might be a poetry slam on
Monday and a DJ exhibition the next
night. A Beat Down or beat competi-
tion on Wednesday night would be
followed by a talent showcase on
Thursday.
To round the celebration out, you
might catch DJ’s, emcees, fashion
designers and music industry execu-
tives giving their successors a peek
into their futures.
The icing on the cake for this
week long Hip Hop Nation
Celebration would be a concert pay-
ing tribute to and being given by hip
hop pioneers on Saturday night. You
would probably see MC Lyte, Dana
Dane and Doug E. Fresh under one
roof.
They would bring their friends
Chuck D of Public Enemy and Big
Daddy Kane along too.
Well, for other HBCU’s, community
centers, and various community
members, the foundation for a proper
Hip Hop Nation Celebration has been
laid.
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work.” She said thatattending the summithelped her to get her footin the door, but she knewshe was going to have tocontinue to work hard inorder to “get to the nextlevel.”
The last day of thesummit began earlySaturday morning at theMary M. Townes ScienceComplex with a hip-hopworkshop for teachers.
At 8 p.m, the Hip-HopSummit Concert featuredlegendary old-schoolartists MC Lyte, Doug E.Fresh and Dana Dane.
The last session, HipHop and the Connectionof Music to the AfricanDiaspora, sparked manyquestions from the audi-ence.
Nicole Martin, panelistand senior editor ofTRIBES magazine,believes that “Hip Hopcan be a medium to edu-cate our youth aboutAfrica.”
Mike E, spoken-wordrecording artist and guestpanelist, said, “I believethe summit here at NCCUis going to grow andexpand beyond the cam-pus — it is focused on giv-ing people substance and
belief.” The summit was con-
cluded by KawachiClemmons, coordinator ofNCCU’s music industryprogram.
Sherise Malachi, NCCUalumna and RadioPromotions Coordinatorat Columbia Records,brought the summit tocampus.
Next year, she plans toget surrounding collegesinvolved and have morehands-on workshops.Malachi said that theevent could benefit every-one.
The Hip-Hop summit ispart of NCCU’s Hip-HopInitiative, created to offera scholarly approach tothe genre.
“The position of Hip-Hop in academia hasgrown in recent years,”said Chancellor James H.Ammons on the Hip-HopInitiative website.
“Undeniably, hip-hop isone of the strongest toolsby which we can reach asegment of our youth anddemonstrate the idealsstated in our mission.”
Overall the hip hopsummit was a good eventfor the campus as well asthe community.
You missed the concert? Not hip.
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This yearthe 49th annu-al GrammyAwards lookeda lot like theBET Awards.
Musicalguests such asBeyonce, T.I,Ludacris, andGnarlesBarkley were-just a few ofartists who performed.
The Dixie Chicksreceived five Grammys,marking their comebackafter being boycotted bycountry radio stations,because of a remark madefour years ago by leadsinger Natalie Maines aboutPresident George Bush.
Mary J. Blige, Queen ofhip-hop and soul, tookhome three Grammys,including R&B album of the
year for the song“Breakthrough.”
In tribute to the lateJames Brown, ChristinaAguilera performed “It’s aMan’s World”.
“She came out, and blew!Her voice was amazing con-sidering that genre ofmusic,” said Medina Walton,psychology junior. Beyonce sang her hit single“Listen” from the sound-track of the movie Dream
Girls. JustinTimberlake,John Legendand Shakiraalso per-formed.
TheGrammyAward, whichhas beenaround for 40years, is con-
sidered the most presti-gious music award.
The name Grammy isshort for the word “gramo-phone” because the awardsare shaped like phono-graphs.
The Grammys offersawards in 108 categoriescovering more than 20 gen-res of music, including pop,rock, country and gospel.
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BY KENICE MOBLEYECHO STAFF WRITER
The N.C. Central University Hip-Hop Summit Film Festival featuredthree films, live music and food atUNC-Chapel Hill’s Sonja HaynesStone Center.
The first film, Khomari Flash’sBeat Kings, showed the progressionof hip hop through interviews withsome the industry’s first and mostinfluential producers.
The film analyzed individual com-ponents of hip hop through inter-views with hip-hop masters dis-cussing other artists and the progres-sion of the musical style.
Many of the names were familiar,with interviews by David Banner,Kanye West and The Rza organizedlike a thesis on hip-hop production.
The artists contributed their opin-
ions in different sections, each dedi-cated to one aspect of their craft.
Watching the film, the audiencecould get a good idea of how themusicians used existing sounds asraw materials to create innovativetracks.
The musicians got into details likehow they started, what equipmentthey were using and the direction theindustry was taking.
Typically, people don’t associatehip-hop culture with Christianity.
Christopher “Play” Martin, direc-tor of Holy Hip Hop, aims to changethat. His film shows musicians whocombine their love for urban culturewith their love for God.
Director Eddie Smith’s film, TheCleansing, focused less on Hip Hopand more on a dark aspect of urbanculture.
This fictional film shows the moraland physical dilemmas of Brooklyn, abusiness woman new to town.Brooklyn manages her sick son, anillness of her own, and the task ofprotecting a child’s life.
The film showings were followedby a question and answer sessionwith Flash, Martin and Smith.
The filmmakers discussed theirinspirations, influences and obstaclesin directing. All three said they start-ed with the feeling that the best wayfor them to express their messagewas through film.
Their talk included tips for aspir-ing filmmakers, ways to cut costs inproduction, and which elements theythought were integral to a goodmovie.
Hip hop amateurs and veteransalike walked away knowing more.
And all these new video b****es tryin to be MelyssaFord / But they don't know Melissa Ford drive a HondaAccord / She a video vixen, but behind closed doors /She do whatever it take to get to the Grammy Awards.
—The Game, Wouldn't Get Far
Damn ... that’s a bad look for Ms. Ford. No wonder she's get-tin cats to text 2258 for her picture. That might pay for herregistration or one month’s insurance. It didn't help thatGame exposed so much trash on these women. I guess we cancall him the male Superhead of the industry. Game, u a badmother ... let me shut my mouth. Hallelujah Holla back!Peace
––Neodeity
When Doug E. Fresh came outon stage, my mind went amillion places. Seeing him
just a couple of feet away from mealmost brought me to tears.
I rememberedbeing a little girlagain, dancing in myp.j.s in front of mybrothers’ boom box.
In the back of myhead I could hear mybrothers recitinglyrics to me.
At that verymoment I knew hiphop would neverleave me.
I came to find out that older hip-hop-head siblings were responsiblefor a lot of the love coming from mygeneration that night — well, thatand good taste.
To be in a room with those pio-neers of the music was a once-in-a-
lifetime opportunity. How could anyone miss this, espe-
cially with surprise guests likeMonie Love, Chuck D, and Big DaddyKane?
A friend of mine even said, “If Ihad known this was happening heretonight and didn’t come, I wouldhave shot myself.”
Yes, it was like that.Not only was the music good but
the knowledge was crazy. The audi-ence was learning hip-hop 101 fromthe ones who’d been there since thebeginning.
The DJ never stopped spinningclassics and the artists were spittin’classics.
What more could you want?Dana Dane started the show. He
performed my favorites Cinderfella,Nightmares, and some other hittracks.
He also sang a song, an ongoingjoke throughout the night, that he
labeled very important — the lyricswere simply “DanaDane.com,DanaDane.com.”
Highlights of the night includedMC Lyte performing her classic, mypersonal favorite Paper Thin fromher 1988 album Lyte as a Rock.
Lyte held the stage down whileshe took the crowd from her oldschool hits to her new school s***.
The show ended with all theartists and guest on stage vibing topopular old school tracks.
I believe that history is critical.You have to know where somethingcomes from to truly understand, loveand appreciate it.
That’s why it is imperative thatwe pass on the history of hip hop.
The knowledge of this music wasthe best gift I’ve ever received. Thatis why the concert will stay with me.
Oh, and before I close, I mustmention DanaDane.com.
JOANNA
HERNANDEZ
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BY SHATOYA CANTRELLECHO STAFF WRITER
The N.C. Central University Eaglesbaseball team makes history this yearwith the start of their first seasonsince 1975.
“I feel happy that we are making his-tory,” said freshman pitcher JamesJordan.
With five games already played thisseason, the Eagles hope to make amark.
The Eagles hosted the BenedictCollege Tigers on Feb. 11 at their newhome in the Durham Bulls AthleticPark. Both teams started slow, but thatchanged in the third inning.
Freshman pitcher Alex Weathersbyhad two back-to-back strikeouts forthe Eagles at the beginning of theinning. However, Benedict’s NathanCaldwell hit a double to centerfield,bringing Anthony Browning andAlexander Harvey to homeplate,
starting the score at 2-0. Later in the inning, Justin
Chapman of the Tigers hit a triple toright center, bringing Jazper Hawkinsand Justin James to score with a pre-vious run from Caldwell.
In the sixth inning, NCCU juniorcatcher/pitcher Robert Landis hit ahome run to give the team its firstscore of the game.
In the eighth inning, Eagles fresh-man in-fielder Kurt Wilson singled tohelp freshman outfielder TimMcAllister score for the Eagles.
They were not going to give up thateasily, with Eagles freshman in-field-er Keith Butcher singled to bringWilson home for the run.
In the end, the Tigers were toomuch for the Eagles to handle. Withthree more runs from the Tigers, theydefeated the Eagles at 15-4 for theirfourth loss of the season.
“We just have to learn more abouteach other to play together as a teamif we want to have success this sea-
son,” said Jordan.On Feb. 10, the Eagles made history
again by winning their first game ofthe season against Benedict College atthe Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
The Eagles were off to a good startwith Landis striking out Benedict’sBrevard in the first inning.Sophomore outfielder Oliver Jenkinsscored for the Eagles with the help ofjunior catcher Seth O’Brien, hittingout to right field.
The Tigers answered with a homerun hit from Deshaun Brooks to theleft field.
NCCU’s Landis struck out fiveTigers in each inning to hold themwith only one run into the sixthinning.The Eagles were on a roll in the sixth
inning with O’Brien, freshman in-fielder Justin Goodson, freshman out-fielder Kenny Martin, senior outfield-er Marcus Mack, and Butcher scoringto push their lead, which ended thegame at 7-4.
BY LARISHA J. STONEECHO SPORTS EDITOR
N.C. Central Universityhas announced its new headfootball coach for thisupcoming season.
Mose Rison, 25-yearcoaching veteran, has beeninterim head coach sinceRod Broadway went toGrambling State University.
He was announced asofficial head coach of theEagles football team onTuesday, Feb. 6 at a pressconference.
His contract began onFeb. 7, with his annualsalary beginning at $120,000.
It will increase to$130,000 on July 1.
“I’m a little nervous, butexcited and looking forwardto the challenge,” Rison saidat the press conference.
“There are challenges,but we’re going to enter a
new phase as we enterDivision I. “Our goal is continuing thesuccess that we have.”
Rison has coached in thepast for Rutgers University,Stanford University,Livingstone College, the U.S.Naval Academy and the NewYork Jets.
Bill Hayes, athletic direc-tor at NCCU, introducedRison at the conference.
He said the decision wasvery easy to make. He saidhe always considered Risonthe only man for the posi-tion.
“There was really nodecision to make,” Hayessaid.
“I knew right away CoachRison was our guy.”
“It was an easy choice, ifyou could call it a choice.”
Coach Rison said he isencouraged to continue thework that Broadway startedat NCCU.
BY SHATOYA CANTRELLECHO STAFF WRITER
The N.C. Central University Eagles faced theElizabeth City State University Vikings last night in
the McClendon-McDougaldGymnasium.
“It was a tough win,” said seniorguard Chris Mayshack. “We had tofight and make a comeback, andtough it out at the end if we wantedto win.”
In the first half, the Eagles werein the lead with a score of 40-22 with everyone onthe team contributing to the lead. Sophomore pointguard Bryan Ayala had eight points, four rebounds,seven assists with a perfect 4-4 average at the free-throw line. Senior shooting guard Drew Johnsoncontributed eight points, two rebounds and onesteal. Senior guard Chris Mayshack had eight pointsat the half, plus two assists, one steal and tworebounds.
In the second half, both teams were going hardwith neither wanting to suffer a loss. A 61-61 tieended the second half and started overtime play.
Although the Vikings pushed for a win, the Eaglesmaintained their lead to defeat the Vikings 77-71 inovertime.
NCCU’s senior center Jason Hervey led the teamwith 22 points, six rebounds, and four blocks.Mayshack had 16 points, four assists and two steals,and Ayala contributed 11 points, eight assists, eightrebounds, and one steal.
On Saturday, the Eagles traveled to Salisbury tobattle the Livingstone College Blue Bears. Johnsonled the team in scoring with 14 points. Hervey ledrebounds for the game with 10 rebounds. TheEagles defeated the Blue Bears with a score of 59-51.
The Eagles hosted a game against Virginia UnionUniversity in the McClendon-McDougaldGymnasium on February 8. The Eagles were notable to defeat the Panthers, losing 62-53.
Hoping to capture a win against FayettevilleState University at home on February 6, the Eaglespushed themselves to the end. These hopes came toan end when the Broncos defeated the Eagles witha score of 67-60. Johnson led the team in scoringwith 14 points with Hervey following close behind,contributing 12 points.
Virginia State University entered Eagle territoryand were defeated with a score of 66-65. “We have tokeep playing hard and play as a team to win moregames. We have to trust each other,” said Mayshack.
The Eagles will host the Bowie State Universitybulldogs on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in theMcClendon-McDougald Gymnasium.
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Remember the war?It was Friday morning, and
after an interesting week, to saythe least, everything was backinto perspective the moment Iwalked through the front door.
An Army recruiting trailer wasparkeddirectlyacross thestreet fromthe Admini-strationBuilding.
I noticedthat Dr.Shepard’sface looked alittle upsetthat the truckwould sitright in front
of him, almost disrespectfully.The speculation of a draft,
where the only people ineligibleare the deceased, bouncesaround my head at the speed oflight.
And what this truck says to meis, you can join us now, or comekicking and screaming later.
My feelings are so jumbledonly because this truck affectsme on so many different levels.
Maybe this is because my best-friend and brother, Private
Anthony G. Warren is packing uphis things for the third time andkissing his parents, sister, broth-ers and newborn nephews (bothunder two) some type of goodbye.
I remember the demonstrationof my favorite American and ath-lete, Mohammed Ali, against thewar in Vietnam.
I have the utmost respect foranyone who stands for somethinghe or she believes in.
My mind dances with memo-ries of documentary footage ofprotesters against a war in Iraq.Funny how those demonstrationsnever made the news.
We cannot allow ourselves tobe fooled by the propaganda ofRepublicans and Hollywood,pumping out the image of a pas-sionate soldier for Americans totake at face value.
It seems people are againstthe war, but allow the entire
issue to become a mist in thewind compared to their favoritesong in the club.
We have become desensitizedto the reality of war.
And those who are not desen-sitized seem to have forgotten thereality altogether.
I have yet to understand whymy country has any businessspreading its nostrums of politi-cal order to anyone else, and whyit’s worth killing so many peopleto do so.
As for me, I cannot, and will notever, allow myself to be a killer, tobe the driver of a killer, the main-tenance of a killer, the recruit of akiller, or to order a killer. Anythingassociated with the end of some-one’s life is just not me.
I’m not a protesting type, butevery time I see a truck like theone with its back to Dr. Shepard(how ironic), or some sappy com-mercial, I get closer to picking upsome sort of sign and standingmy own post.
You can feel however youwould like, do whatever you feelis right. I just ask that you neverforget that there is a place wherebombs are flying, kids are cryingand people are dying.
Don’t stay in your dream world.
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E d i t o r i a l
It was Sunday at 2:27 a.m. andI had a mild case of insom-nia.
So I walked upstairs to theEagle Landing computer lab andwas appalled by a sign that read,“PLEASE DO NOT LITTER OR
URINATE INTHE STAIR-WAYS.”
I caught awhiff of whatmust havebeen urine,and I won-dered, “Am Iin prison orcollege?”
A pizza boxwas thrown tothe side, a
month-old flyer was still postedon a door and several large bar-rels of uncovered trash sat inthe hallways.
I was almost afraid to walk byfor fear of being bitten by a col-legiate rodent of some kind.After making it to the lab with-out incident, I was disturbed bythe condition of the room.
The back of a chair appeared
to have been chewed off, trashlittered the floor and the dustycomputers were making strangenoises.
The last straw was when Iattempted to open WindowsMedia Player only to findpornography downloaded on thewelcome screen.
After recovering from thephotos, I came to a dishearten-ing conclusion.
We are being subjected tosubstandard living conditionsbecause we are wallowing incomplacency: we’re not demand-ing adequate facilities and don’thave enough pride to maintainand respect the places we livein.
We are like blind bystanderswhen we allow ourselves to liveunder these conditions.
Unfortunately, the problemhas metastasized, reaching farbeyond just the condition of ourliving quarters.
Students have so many com-plaints about campus parking,the housing selection process,tuition increases, administrationincompetence, and lack of facili-
ties and amenities. But are we exercising our
ability to be catalysts forchange? I guess we think thatsince the civil rights movementis “over,” we don’t have anythingelse to fight for — that there isno need for forums, protests, sit-ins and lobbying. Wrong.
Complacency will land usright back in the colored sectionwondering why we got leftbehind, my good brothers andsisters.
Like Laurence Fishburne saidin School Daze, “WAKE UP!”
You should be offended thatsomebody had the audacity toput a sign in your residence hallsaying “do not to litter or uri-nate in the stairways.”
Please, prepare for the massexodus of Chancellor Ammonsand company, but don’t thinkthat N. C. Central University’ssuccess is contingent upon themor their replacements – the ballis in our court.
Are we going to run gallantlywith it or foul out, allowing our-selves to get played?
You decide.
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“It’s your newspaper”
It’s that time of theyear again — studentelections.
This year is uniquebecause, as of Feb. 13,three “candidates” arerunning unopposed forexecutive positions,according to SamanthaCarter, director of elec-tions and transitions forNCCU’s StudentGovernment Association.
Tomasi Larry is run-ning for SGA President,Issac Bellamy is runningfor SGA Vice President,and Corey Dinkins is run-ning for Mr. NCCU, allunder one slogan —“Continuing Progress.”
And may we add that,as of right now, there areonly two candidates inthe running for MissNCCU: LaToya Tate andKate Sturdivant.
During last year’s elec-tion, four candidates ran forSGA president, four ran forvice president, six ran forMiss NCCU and three ranfor Mr. NCCU.
So why is there nocompetition this year?
It’s always interestingto see the students dedi-cating their time on cam-paigns, with their variousslogans and flyersexplaining why studentsshould vote for them.
Have the students lostinterest in representingthe student body?
Rumors are rumors andeveryone has his or her ownopinion, but we would liketo know why students havesuddenly lost interest inschool politics.
You represented big atlast weekend’s HistoricThousands on Jones St.march in Raleigh. You cameout in masses for the 2004presidential election.Where’s the interest today?
New rules have beenset in a ‘ratified’ consti-tution to make the elec-tion process go smoother.So it seems quite strangethat, despite a pattern offierce competition forSGA positions in the lastfew years, suddenly threetop positions are leftunopposed.
You be the judge onthis one — you do paytuition here, so your feesdo go toward studentaffairs.
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We cannot allow ourselvesto be fooled by the propa-
ganda of Republicans andHollywood.