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CampusSpring Fling came and

left many studentshypnotized

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Photo FeatureMr. Daye bids farewell

to N.C. CentralUniversity with his

finest photos

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OpinionsGet out your hankies.Campus Echo editorsare saying goodbye

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Universities are finding them-selves trapped at the center of a bit-ter battle over bandwidth — caughtbetween the entertainment indus-try’s crusade to end copyright piracy

and tech-savvy students’ casual shar-ing of songs and movies.

The competing interests con-verged at a Digital Expo atWashington University, bringingtogether representatives from enter-tainment and technology with sevencompanies that market “peer-to-peer” file-sharing networks to col-leges. The goal of the vendor fair andpanel discussion Thursday night wasto educate students about legalalternatives to trading copyrighted

materials.“I don’t want to pay to download

songs. If I really like something, I’lljust buy the CD,” said ScottAbrahams, 19, of Northbrook, Ill., asophomore who estimated that hehas collected thousands of digitalmusic files on his computer — aplaylist long enough to run for twoweeks nonstop.

Students said the perception isthat there’s little risk of gettingcaught downloading copyrighted

music and movies (they call it “rip-ping” or “burning”) online. Somesaid they would be more willing topay if their schools made it cheapand convenient.

“If [the university] were to spon-sor something, I think it would makeit more of an approachable optionfor us,” said senior Jeffrey Dorr, 21, asenior pre-medical student fromMiami.

The entire Triangle hasbeen buzzing about theannouncement of sevenUNC-Chapel Hill basket-ball players entering thisyear’s NBA Draft to beheld June 30.

First it was RashadMcCants, followed by sen-iors Jawad Williams,Jackie Manuel and MelvinScott. The hysteria seemedto worsen when three moreTarheels, Sean May,Raymond Felton andMarvin Williams, decidedto forego returning to theuniversity.

Amidst all the fanfareand excitement, oneTriangle athlete has in asense fallen below theradar of local collegehoops fanatics.

N.C. Central University’sJonathan Moore has decid-ed to enter the 2005 draft.

Moore has secured anagent and submitted a let-ter to NBA CommissionerDavid Stern. He has decid-ed not to make an officialannouncement about hisplans.

Moore has caused a stirin the area and in the CIAAbecause of his uncanny

skill and ability. He is nowgetting some nationalattention and hopes tomake it to the next level.

In the June issue ofSLAM Magazine, Moore, a6-foot-5 forward, is project-ed to be drafted this yearalong with CIAA standoutLetheal “Lee” Cook from

Bowie State.“I was very surprised to

see my name and picturein something like that,”Moore said. “It was a greatarticle and I think it couldhelp my chances of makingit to the next level.”

Moore has already hadan unofficial workout withthe L.A. Clippers.

This is not the first timeMoore has danced with theidea of going pro. Heentered the draft last yearbut withdrew his nameafter deciding to return toNCCU for his senior season.

Last year, NCCU got apleasant surprise whenformer Eagle DavidYoung’s name appearedacross the bottom of televi-sion screens when he wasselected to play for theSeattle SuperSonics as the41st overall pick in the2004 NBA Draft.

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Vendor fair offers collegestudents legal alternatives

to trading music online

Jones viesfor

provost

After being interimprovost for almost fourmonths, BeverlyWashington-Jones is apply-ing for the top job of vicechancellor for AcademicAffairs.

It won’t be easy — thereare three other contenders.

On April 10-11, CarolBlackshire-Belay inter-viewed forthe job.

She is aformer deanof LiberalArts andSciences atthe Univer-sity of Wis-consin at

Green Bay. She is now spe-cial assistant to the chan-cellor at the University ofWisconsin System Adminis-tration.

On April 24-25, MartinJohnson interviewed forthe job. He is an associatedean of Urban and MinorityEducation in the College ofEducation at the Universityof Maryland at CollegePark.

And on May 3-4 ClarenceM. Lee will interview. Leeis the Dean of Arts andSciences at HowardUniversity.

Each candidate has ameeting with the chancel-lor, vice chancellors andchancellor’s cabinet, asso-ciate provosts and assis-tants, students, chairs, fac-ulty, and a university wide

Former N.C. senator andvice presidential candidateJohn Edwards will be N.C.

C e n t r a lUniversity’scommence-ment speak-er May 7. E d w a r d sand Massa-chusetts sen-ator JohnKerry madea strong run

for the Democratic presiden-tial nomination in 2004. Edwards was elected to theSenate in 1998 and represent-ing North Carolina for sixyears.

He was born in Seneca,S.C. His family moved toRobbins, N.C. where both he

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At the snap of his fingers,master hypnotist ThomasBresadola had N.C. CentralUniversity students amazedat the intriguing but hilari-ous hypnosis show onWednesday, April 20 in theB.N. Duke Auditorium. Hissubjects were flying imagi-nary planes, driving pretendcars and introducing them-selves with fake names with-out even realizing what theywere doing.

Criminal justice sopho-more Janae Freemanattended and volunteered tobe hypnotized.

“I don’t remember any-thing that happened, but Idid sleep good that night,”she said.

According to the 2005Encyclopedia BritannicaOnline, hypnosis is definedas an altered state of con-sciousness and responsive-ness to suggestion.

Once hypnotized, individ-uals can see, feel, or smellwhatever suggestions aremade by the hypnotist. Aperson can easily be hypno-

tized if he or she trusts thehypnotist.

Sports management andbusiness sophomoreBrandon Gilchrist wasn’t aparticipant, but was sitting inthe audience when he washypnotized. Gilchrist hadbeen to hypnosis shows inthe past, but he said this wasthe first time he was affected.

“It feels almost like adream because he makesyou so relaxed,” he said. “IfI had been hypnotized a lit-tle longer, I probably wouldhave been acting the sameway as the people on stage.”

So what makes the sub-jects so relaxed during thehypnotism?

“Believe it or not, it’s themusic,” Bresadola said,referring to the soft musicthat he plays during theinduction. “There are cer-tain tones in the music thatare soothing to people.”

With 20 years of experi-ence, Bresadola doesn’tremember what initially madehim interested in hypnotism.

“I always wanted to be ahypnotist since I was 8 yearsold,” he said. “I’m not surewhy. I might have seen it on

a TV show or something.”This is not the first time

Bresadola has been atNCCU. He performed atHomecoming 2004.“We try to choose activities

that are popular at thetime,” said MarquitaJohnson, program adviserfor student activities. “It alldepends on the schedule ofthe vendors.”

According to Johnson,Bresadola was paid $1,800for his two hour perform-ance.

History senior MarcusNevius became a believer.

“I didn’t believe in itbefore, but after I was hyp-notized I thought that it wasfun,” he said. “I almostlaughed my head off!”

Bresadola performs alight form of hypnosis orstage one hypnosis, a formthat can also be used to helppeople break bad habits andphobias.

“I liked it. It was excitingand was worth my money,”said political science fresh-man Ashley Jennings.

Denea Nriaka contributedto this story.

Hypnotize meSpring fling event entrances students

BY ANIESA HOLMESECHO STAFF WRITER

Haywood reflects

As the year comes to anend, outgoing StudentGovernment Associationpresident D’WestonHaywood reflects on thetime he’s spent at N. C.Central University and thechanges that he feels needto occur in order for thisUniversity to continue toprogress.

A political science andhistory double major;Haywood was active onNCCU’s campus, servingas president of both theNAACP and EmancipatedMinds. His main challengeto students is to get moreinvolved.

“I wholeheartedlybelieve that you have noentitlement to complain ifyou are not involved oncampus,” said Haywood.“You are either part of theproblem or part of thesolution.

“I have worked hard toencourage students to joinSGA; there is a culture oflaxity at NCCU that pro-motes sittin’ and chillin’and we need to changethat,” said Haywood.

“Student involvement isa major issue; as much asthe SGA has to serve the stu-dents, students have to meetthe SGA halfway–studentsneed to support the SGA.”

“I am invited to a pro-gram every day, the pro-grams are out there. Wehave to take initiative. “Wehave to define what schoolspirit is and pursue it,”said Haywood. “Too oftenpeople measure schoolspirit by the number of stu-dents. School spirit is acultural thing — it’s not

quantifiable — it cannot bemeasured.

Haywood expressed theneed to ensure we can sup-port the University’sgrowth.

“I think we should pay alot of attention to compe-tency and efficiency as far

as we moveforward —let’s makesense ofthe Uni-v e r s i t y ’ sg r o w t h , ”s a i dHaywood .“Let’s notget mores t u d e n t s ,less park-ing spaces

and escalate prices.” Haywood also encour-

ages the university to bemore concerned withincreasing customer serv-ice and efficiency.

“There are some break-downs in some depart-ments — there is often adisconnect between mem-bers of the same depart-ment. We really need to allbe on one accord,” saidHaywood.

In response to studentcomplaints about an inac-cessible administration,Haywood encourages stu-dents to be patient.

“I have worked withmany administrators onour campus and they arevery busy,” said Haywood.“They are inaccessible tothemselves — so it’s hardfor them to be accessible tostudents.

“I don’t think the admin-istration is ducking anddodging students — theirschedules just lead them tobe inaccessible.”

Haywood urges students

to support the chancellor.“I hope in the future we

really capitalize on thisopportunity to interactwith administration. Weneed greater studentinvolvement because it’shard to get the administra-tors to come out and this issomething we should con-tinue in the future.”

Haywood challenges theUniversity to better sup-port and encourage honorstudents.

“I understand howimportant recruiting is,”said Haywood.

“But we need to be pay-ing attention and support-ing students that excelafter they get to NCCU.There are students whodid not come in with a 4.0but are making it now andwe need to support andretain them.”

Haywood encouragesthe University to standbehind its motto of Truthand Service.

“Anywhere you go thereare going to be problems —and they won’t be solvedovernight,” said Haywood,“but if we keep our motto asa banner and just run withit we will be able to succeedand grow as an institutionof higher education.”

In closing, Haywood leftthis message to the stu-dents at NCCU: “It hasbeen an honor, a pleasure,and an extreme privilegeto serve as the studentbody president.

Thank you for the sup-port and I think we shouldall look forward to Ms.Renee Clark — she has bigideas; she’s got the poten-tial, capability and prose;she’s ready to work and Ithink she is going to begreat.”

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meeting. On April 20, Jones inter-

viewed for the position. At her meeting with stu-

dents, she said she wants tomake an impact on studentlives.

“I feel I can make a dif-ference and bring academicaffairs back to its role,” saidJones.

Jones also said she hasthe skills, management andvalues for the position. Shesaid she is fair, open andhonest.

“She lets students knowthat administration reallycares,” said Jason Soper,political science junior atthe meeting.

Jones said she has twoguiding principles whenmaking decisions: Is thedecision good for students?And is the decision good forNCCU?

If hired, Jones wants tocreate a pipeline for stu-dents to come here and stayhere.

Political science andcriminal justice seniorShawn Cunningham, a stu-dent assistant in AcademicAffairs, says he sees first-hand what Jones has beendoing since she has been inoffice.

“She’s an advocate forthe students,” saidCunningham. “It’s rare tofind an administrator to say‘I understand your con-cerns’ and give students atime when she could handlethe job.”

“When you get an oppor-tunity, have certain princi-ples,” said Jones.

“You want to be fair andmake decisions that arefair.”

Jones said she wants towork with the Office ofStudent Affairs to ensurefreshmen have mentors –someone on a higher levelto talk to other than peers.

She also wants to start abook club to increase intel-lectual capital among stu-

dents and faculty. Jones says students

should be respected asadults and not treated likechildren.

“I feel that all of you areleaders,” Jones told thegroup of students.

“You’re worthy andrespectful. We need toacknowledge that ... I trulybelieve in students”

Jones also stressed cus-tomer service.

“If you don’t like stu-dents and realize that theyare adults, you don’t need tobe here,” she said.

“I think it’s amazing howshe wants to focus on cus-tomer satisfaction,” saidCunningham.

Jones ended her meetingwith the rhetorically ques-tion, “What is it about anEagle?”

She then said, “An Eaglewalks into a room with acertain presence. An Eagleis strong, talented and hasinterpersonal skills.”

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professor and chairman ofthe Department ofPharmaceutical Chemistryat Howard University.

Massie resigned as presi-dent on Feb. 1, 1966 tobecome the first African-American professor at theU.S. Naval Academy, wherehe taught chemistry for 30years.

He graduated in 1936with a degree in chemistryfrom Arkansas Agricultural,Mechanical and Normal

College, now known as theUniversity of Arkansas atPine Bluff

Massie earned a master’sdegree from Fisk Universityin 1940 and a doctorate fromIowa State University in 1946.

While working on his doc-torate, he participated inthe Manhattan Project, thecountry’s wartime project todevelop the atomic bomb.

He is considered one ofthe 75 premier chemists ofthe 20th century, a category

that includes GeorgeWashington Carver andDNA researchers JamesWatson and Francis Crick.He conducted extensiveresearch into the chemistryof silicon and antibacterialagents.

He received a LifetimeAchievement Award fromthe National Academy ofSciences and his picturehangs in the gallery.

He is survived by threesons.

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The Durham Countysuperior court has orderedN.C. Central University tolet a student who was sus-pended for possessing a BBgun attend classes until herfinal appeal.

The restraining order,issued April 4, orderedNCCU to allow TierraO’Neal to return to NCCU“and to provide her theopportunity to complete anyschool assignments or examsmissed so that she mayobtain credit for all of thespring semester courses.”

O’Neal does not plan toreturn to NCCU next semes-ter even if she wins theappeal. She will continueher education in New York.

O’Neal, an accountingfreshman, was notifiedMarch 11 that she had vio-lated the NCCU StudentCode of Conduct for possess-ing a BB gun. On March 25,she was forced out of NCCUand on April 4 requested thetemporary restrainingorder.

According to a NCCUPolice report, police investi-gated a disturbance atBaynes Hall March 11 inwhich a student implied thatanother student involved inthe disturbance had a gun. O’Neal witnessed the fracas,but was not involved.

As the police investigatedthe incident, O’Neal toldpolice that she had a BB gunin her room.

“The search of her roomrevealed a marksman 4.5

177 caliber BB gun that waslocated in a top dresserdrawer,” the report said.

After an investigationalmeeting with O’Neal andschool officials, she wascharged with a student con-duct violation for firearmpossession and was suspend-ed from the University.

According to the NCCUCode of Conduct, prohibitsfirearms on campus.

O’Neal, who is represent-ed by Atty. Gwendolyn S.Hailey, said in her motionfor temporary restrainingorder that she and her par-ents did not know about theprohibition of firearms atthe University.

The code is located in theNCCU Student handbook,which O’Neal claims she wasnot given when she enrolled.

She also claims that her14th Amendment rights havebeen violated because shewas denied due process bynot being given prior noticeand a hearing before beingsuspended.

O’Neal also said she wasnot advised by Louis Velez,assistant vice chancellor forStudent Affairs, that “she hadthe right to decline to make astatement or to answer ques-tions and that her refusal tospeak or to answer questionswould not be interpreted asevidence of guilt.”

In an interview, O’Nealwould not specify why shekept the BB gun.

Andre’ Vann, vice chan-cellor for Student Affairs,and Velez would not com-ment on the case because itis open and ongoing.

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In all, Johnson will stay in Mexicofor five weeks non-stop.

However, there are a few things thatdistinguish Johnson from other studentsstudying a foreign language abroad.

Johnson will be boarding a planefor Veracruz immediately after herlanguage studies in Cuernavaca andhead to the Mexican Institute ofAfrican Studies in Veracruz to presenta paper at a conference.

Veracruz is a port city located onthe Gulf of Mexico. It was one of theprinciple ports of entry for black

Africans during 16th century. Africansplayed a major in the mining and roadconstruction industries in Mexico,which was then called New Spain.

Johnson says been interested in therole of Africans in Mexico for a longtime.

Her paper, “Africans in Mexico:The Diaspora in Nueva España,”explores the Mexican government’seffors to erase the identity of Africansin Mexico in order to create one uni-fied race.

At the one week program Johnson

Spanish senior Karon Johnson says there are some things you justcan not get out of a textbook. This is why she is going to Mexicofor five weeks to study Spanish, and learn about Mexican culture.

Johnson, who maintains a 3.8 GPA, will go to a study abroad programin Cuernavaca from May 20 – June 17. She will then go to the InstitutoMexicano de Africania Americana in Veracruz for one week.

Johnson says she has always loved Spanish and is looking forward tofamiliarizing herself with the culture. “It’s an incredibly beautiful lan-guage. It’s always interested me since I’m from Los Angeles,” saysJohnson. “I’ve always been aware of the Latino population.”

A VOYAGE TO MEXICO Love of Spanish takes senior abroad

BY CHARLEEN JONESECHO STAFF WRITER

will study Afro-Hispanic literature,Spanish and popular culture.

The program is designed as a class-room without walls. There will beimmersion in Spanish and field tripsto historic sites.

Johnson will be introduced to pop-ular musical forms such as “son jaro-cho,” a musical form that blendsAfrican, Cuban and Spanish styles.

This trip will be Johnson’s first tripto a foreign country. “I’m really look-ing forward to encountering this cul-ture,” said Johnson.

But it’s going to mean some sacri-fices for her family.

Johnson, who has been married toher husband Amon for 12 years, hasthree young boys: Darrrel, 15,Danté,11, and Daniel, 8. She says herhusband Amon has been “wonderfuland very supportive.”

“I tell my children: ‘If I can workfull time, travel with my singinggroup, and go to school full time …then if I can do it, they can do it,’” saidJohnson.

One last final: the senior survey

To many graduating sen-iors, the Graduating SeniorInstitutional Senior Surveyis just one more hoop theyhave to jump through onthe way to commencement.

N.C. Central Universityadministrators and facultysay the survey providesvaluable information.

“It tells us what we needto do,” said Shawn Stewart,director of ResearchEvaluation and Planning. “If students are dissatis-fied, we need to follow up

with those complaints.”The survey has 87 multi-

ple choice questions andtakes about 30 minutes toanswer. It is given at all 16UNC institutions.

Surveys were mandatedin 1998 by UNC GeneralAdministration.

They cover all aspects ofthe students’ college expe-rience: the quality of teach-ing, advising, financial aidand service.

The data is sent to theUNC General Administrationand the results are posted onits website.

On the web site the find-

ings of similar universitiesare compared. For example,NCCU, a Comprehensive Iinstitution, is compared withN.C. A&T, Fayetteville StateUniversity, AppalachianState University and othersimilar universities.

In 2004, the surveyshowed that 56.6 percent ofNCCU seniors said theywould choose NCCU if theycould do it all over again;24.8 percent said they werenot sure, and 18.6 percentsaid they would not havechosen NCCU if they had todo it over again.

Sixty-two percent of

Fayetteville State Universityseniors said they would do itall over again, but more than78 percent of AppalachianState University seniors saidthey would.

Eighty-four percent ofNCCU seniors rated theoverall quality of their edu-cation as excellent or goodand 79.5 percent rated thequality of instruction asexcellent or good.

Computer informationsystems senior AlaynaParrish likes the idea of thesurvey “as long as schooladministrators take it seri-ously.”

BY SHELBIA BROWNECHO STAFF WRITER

and his father, Wallace,worked in a textile mill.

Edwards is a 1977 gradu-ate of the law school at UNC-Chapel Hill. After gradua-tion he worked as a personalinjury trial lawyer.

In an e-mail, Edwardssaid he plans to tell graduat-ing seniors they need tomake a difference.

“Always seek ways to helpthose who need help the most... stand up and fight for yourcore beliefs and convictions,”said Edwards.

Edwards said he is sympa-thetic to students strugglingto pay for college, but that stu-dents should stay focused onthe long term.

“A college education willopen so many doors for you,”he said.

“It is really hard butremember that the people atschool are there to help youand people like me are rootingfor you every step of the way.”

Edwards now heads theCenter on Poverty, Work andOpportunity at UNC-ChapelHill, a position he assumedon Feb. 14.

The Center will bringtogether faculty and nationalpublic policy experts to exam-ine ideas for solving poverty,an issue Edwards has longbeen concerned with. Hemade it a centerpiece of hisDemocratic presidentialnomination bid.

Edwards was the first in hisfamily to attend college.

“I had a wonderful familywho supported me everystep of the way,” he said.

“My advice is to stay dedi-cated and to work hard.Hard work will get you along way in this country.”

Edwards and his wifeElizabeth have three livingchildren.

Their son Wade died atage 16 in a 1996 traffic acci-dent.

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That’s what some schools,including WashingtonUniversity and theUniversity of Missouri atColumbia are doing. Theyseek to weed out illegal shar-ing by arranging deals with abevy of new digital whole-salers licensed to providelibraries of digital music andmovies to colleges.

Recording and filmindustry representatives atThursday’s event said theyembrace innovation andencourage technology com-panies to pursue legal alter-natives to Internet piracy.

Technology has changedthe entertainment businessmodel by forcing it to caterto changing consumerdemands for digital music,said Mark P. McKenna, a St.Louis University law profes-sor representing theElectronic FrontierFoundation, a San Franciscodigital rights group.

As a result, universitiesface the challenge of balanc-ing academic freedomagainst a duty to police digi-tal piracy on campus,explained Rebecca Brown,Washington University’sassociate general counsel.

Several large institutions,such as the University ofNorth Carolina at ChapelHill, Pennsylvania StateUniversity, PurdueUniversity and theUniversity of Maryland,recently partnered with file-sharing companies to pro-vide students legal access todigital media.

On March 29, the U.S.Supreme Court heard argu-ments in the closelywatched Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v.Grokster Ltd. case, a test ofwhether copyright holderscan sue digital file-sharingnetworks that allow peopleto freely download and dis-tribute songs and movies. Aruling is expected this sum-mer.

Technology companiesfear that a ruling for the stu-dios could stifle innova-tions, such as digital televi-sion recorders and musicplayers. In the past, lowercourts have said that tech-nology companies cannot beheld liable for how cus-tomers use their products,even if it’s illegal.

Those decisions relied ona 1984 Supreme Court rulingin the case of Sony Corp. v.Universal City Studios_the“Betamax case”_in whichthe court rejected the stu-dios’ attempt to block thesale of the home video play-er/recorder.

“In the dorms, you’ve gotkids who love music, kidswho understand technologyon a regular basis and kidswho have access to highbandwidth,” said JonathanWhitehead, 37, a Washingtonlawyer representing theRecording IndustryAssociation of America. “It’ssort of like a perfect storm.”

It is no coincidence,Whitehead said, that theindustry has seen a 22 per-cent drop in record salessince the file-sharing pro-gram Napster hit the marketin 1999.

Research suggests thatfee-based digital download-ing is growing in popularity.A survey released lastmonth by the Pew Internet &American Life Project saidabout 36 millionAmericans_an estimated 27percent of all Internetusers_have downloaded

music or video files. Thesurvey also showed that thepercentage of Internet userswho have paid to downloadmusic has increased by 4percent since January.

A one-month surveyreleased in February by theconsumer research firmIpsos-Insight said nearlyhalf of American download-ers 12 years and older, or 24million Americans, had paidto download music.

So far, at least 45 collegesand universities have signeddeals with file-sharing com-panies. By subscribing, stu-dents benefit from discount-ed rates and don’t have toworry about breaking thelaw. Schools save money onthe cost of bandwidth_thespeed of data traveling overthe Internet_by storing digi-tal content on campus com-puter servers. Schools alsosave time otherwise spentinvestigating complaintsfrom the record and filmindustries.

Companies representedat Thursday’s fair wereRuckus Network, Cdigix,Movielink, Apple, Napster,Sonicswap and Peer Impact.

Washington Universitystudents approached theschool’s administrationabout finding legal down-loading alternatives after apopular campus file-sharingprogram was shut down inFebruary last year.

That spurred anovernight protest and aspontaneous early morningrock concert outside a cam-pus residence hall. Studentshave since turned to otherfile-sharing programs oncampus, said MargaretBauer, 21, a junior and edi-tor-in-chief of Student Life,the student newspaper.

Unless students can getmusic cheaply and conve-niently, Bauer said, there’slittle incentive to paybecause they don’t expect toget caught.

“It’s just another bill topay each month and that’s apain,” said Bauer

Most file-sharing pro-grams most charge monthlyfees for unlimited access tomillions of songs andmovies. Some schoolsinclude subscriptions intheir fees. WashingtonUniversity and Mizzou saythey are exploring bothoptions.

“It’s so hard to go fromnot paying to paying,” saidBen Rapaport, 20, aWashington University soph-omore who has collectedabout 8,000 songs on hiscomputer.

Illegal file sharing atMizzou spiraled “so out ofcontrol,” said BethChancellor, director oftelecommunications there.She said campus piracy haswaned since April 2003, themonth that record and filmindustries filed a combined400 official copyright com-plaints against Mizzou stu-dents. The university plans tohave a commercial file-shar-ing service in place by fall.

Whoever the SupremeCourt says is responsible inthe showdown betweenentertainment and technolo-gy, universities will likelytry to keep tempo with a cul-ture of digital diehards highon bandwidth.

“I don’t think they’ll everbe able to get rid of file shar-ing,” said John Klacsmann,20, a Washington Universitysophomore. “They’ll neverbe able to shut it down.”

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Shiffer asked me a lot ofquestions about the situa-tion in Zimbabwe, my homecountry.

He told me that there aremany people in Americawho don’t know about thestruggles that people fromother parts world gothrough .

I knew exactly what hewas talking about because Ihad answered many ques-tions about Zimbabwe frommy fellow students at N.C.Central University.

I had told many of themthat Africa is not a country,but a continent. I had toldmany of them that the presi-

dent of mycountry hasbeen inpower formore than20 years.After myc o n v e r s a -tion withShiffer, Idecided tostart a col-umn onw o r l dviews. I sold the

idea to the Campus Echoadviser Bruce dePysslerwho liked the idea.

“You are the editor, it’syour call,” he said

I started the columnwith the objective of takingstudents to the other partsof the world.

There is definitelyanother world beyond the

USA and life there is differ-ent in one way or the other.

When there was a closeelection in the 2000 U.S. elec-tions Al Gore fought the mat-ter in the Florida and thenthe Supreme Court. Many didnot like the outcome, butlives were not lost over them a t t e r .

Gore decided that thethere was nothing else hecould do to change theSupreme Court’s 5-4 deci-sion and George W. Bushbecame president.

Life went on forAmericans.

In other countries, likeAngola, when the lateJonasi Savimbi lost toPresident Jose Eduardodos Santos there was a civilwar. Many lives — tens ofthousands — were lost inthat civil war.

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can openly criticize govern-ment policies and hold offi-cials accountable, in othercountries journalists facethe wrath of the rulers fordoing that.

The United States peo-ple know that PresidentBush is a lame duck, afterhis last 4-year-term he willleave office.

In Cuba it’s not knownwhen Fidel Castro will gettired of being the president.

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Farewell is a bittersweet word,yet so fitting for a goodbye.As a student, you come torealize right before gradua-tion all the things it takes toget to the point of graduating.

And suddenly you realize everything youare leaving behind: the teachers who werethere for you, your friends (old & new), theorganizations you were a part of ... evenChicken Day.

Being Aaron Daye –“the pictureman” forthe Campus Echo and Eagle Yearbook, theflier guy who makes just about all the fliersfor all the parties and organizations, LionHeart to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., amember of 100 Black Men, an art studentin the communications building who every-one thinks is an English major because heis always there, and a heartwarming friendwho gives tight bear hugs to everyone —has been both stressful and rewarding.

I’m proud to have won three photographyawards at the 7th Annual HBCU NewspaperConference, of being a 2005 Chancellor’sSoaring Eagle Award recipient (I see you,Sheena), of being accepted into the NewYork Times 2005 Student JournalismInstitute, of serving as official photogra-pher to Evalesco & Bon Vivant, and of pro-ducing the Spring Fling Step Show with myL.B. Darell Coleman (forget the haters).

Thanks to all the friends who looked outfor me, employed me, exploited me andbrought me into the light. Thank you foryour open hearts and open minds and foraccepting me for me.

Photo Essay by Aaron Daye

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Leonardo Williams, head drum major, blows his whistle with all his might to get the crowd ready for NCCU’s Sound Machine.

Lauren Hunter, freshmen model for Evalesco modelsposes at their Spring Show during Spring Fling 2005.

Photos by Aaron Daye

Hillside High School on the corner of Concord and Pekoe streets on Dec. 28, 2002. The school was being torn down to make room for the New Science Complex.

Below are three of my favorite photos from the thousands I took while working at the Campus Echo.

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5 out of 5 on the

black hand side

Common has alwaysbeen looked upon as a hip-hop historian, verbally spit-ting the rights and wrongsof a cultural phenomenon.

From “Resurrection” to“Like Water for Chocolate,”Common single-handedly reppedChicago and themidwest beforethe ruthlesslyhorrible Chingyand Nelly.

By the timehis fifth album,“ElectricCircus,” camearound, people disliked hisall-of-a-sudden experimen-tation outside the hip-hoprealm.

The single “Come Close,”featuring Mary J. Blige,barely made it into thehearts of the truest of hip-hop heads.

Have no fear, the sixthand latest album fromCommon, “Be,” bringsstrong undertones of theearly rhymes featured on“Like Water for Chocolate”

and “One Day It’ll All MakeSense.”

The first single, “TheCorner,” reminds me ofwalking down the street inthe ‘hood, hanging out on abusy corner or on the frontstoop of a dilapidatedbuilding.

The second single, “Go,”is the first time I can thinkof that Common hasreleased a tune of such awildly sexual nature.

John Mayer’s voicerepeats over and over thephrase “go,” adding a new

dimension.“They Say”

calls my nameas JohnLegend’s voiceonce againcasts a spellthrough myearlobes. It’s sogospel, yet solaid back.

The entire album inten-sifies Common’s raw lyricalnature with a mellow pro-duction.

All 11 tracks were pro-duced by either Kanye Westor Jay Dilla. Both provide agood balance of “old” and“new” Common, preppinghim for a longer run in hip-hop. I have no comment onhim. It’s hip-hop worth lis-tening to. I say 5 out of 5 onthe black hand side.

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Imagine standing onstage looking into the spot-light. An audience ofstrangers settles in beforeyou, waiting for you toinspire them with yourwords. What do you say?

If you’re a poet, chancesare you would perform spo-ken word, poetry recitedand performed.

Spoken word is what themembers of the LiquidLounge Tour performed forN.C. Central University stu-dents on April 18th in theB.N. Duke Auditorium aspart of Spring Fling.

Several of the studentswho attended the eventwere already familiar withthe art of spoken word.Those who weren’t wereimmediately fascinated.

“After the first twopoems, I was drawn in,”said biology junior ShacarraTaylor. “It was a whole newexperience.”

The show began whenpoet Malik Salaam intro-duced himself and threeother poets, who proceededto perform their poetry.

“I thought the style inwhich they presented theirpoems added to the mood ofthe show,” said Ryon Smith,English sophomore.

All the poets were well-received by the audience,but the standout poet of thenight was Georgia Me.

“She is a great poet--herstyle of poetry is unique andvery identifiable,” said SGApresident D’WestonHaywood.

“Her stage presence isamazing--she has greatdelivery,” said history jun-ior Jamar Harris.

Tamika Harper, orGeorgia Me as she is knownon stage, has been perform-ing spoken word since age

eight.“I performed Nikki

Giovanni’s ‘Ego-Tripping’and I fell in love with theart,” she said.

“It wasn’t until I was 11when I started writing andperforming my own work.”

Barbara Jordan, the firstblack woman in the USCongress, and Tupac aretwo of the main four person-alities who influenced

Georgia Me.“She is very versatile--

she could give you street orstandardized English,” saidHarris.

“I ain’t Mary [J. Blige],but I’m gutter and fly,” saidGeorgia Me.

“I ain’t Tupac, but I knowhow to relay the story. I ain’tBarbara Jordan, but I havea political platform. I ain’tMartin, but I have a dream.”

BY JOANNA HERNANDEZECHO STAFF WRITER

Modern dance hits the Hayti

Imagine being atHarlem’s Cotton Clubchecking out MichaelJackson’s moonwalk whilewatching P. Diddy’s pro-tégées do the Harlemshake to “Thriller.”

Everything from the1930s-style tap dancing tothe latest moves of the newmillennium could be seenas N.C. Central University’sModern Dance Group pre-sented “Dance Evolution ofthe Times” at the HaytiHeritage Center on April24.

“Dance Evolution of theTimes” expressed thedance moves that haveshaped American society,as well as portraying theemotions displayed inAfrican-American culture.

“I had to attend thisevent for my Arts &Humanities class,” saidbiology freshman JazmynMiles.

“The performances weremore interesting than Iexpected it to be. I wasamazed at some of the rou-tines,” Miles said.

Some of the segments

included Harlem Nights,Afro Jazz and Thriller, allcontaining dance compo-nents of the specific timeperiod.

The group danced tosuch popular hits asMaxwell’s “Whenever,Wherever, Whatever,”Michael Jackson’s“Thriller,” and MissyElliot’s “I’m Really Hot.”

Guest performers

included the St. JosephAME Dance Ministry, whoprovided a twist to theevent when dancing toinspirational tunes bygospel performers YolandaAdams, Kirk Franklin andHezekiah Walker.

Pastor Aroma Snelling,an audience member said,“The performance wasdelightful and inspiring. Itwas pleasant to see them

expressing themselveswithout all the derogatorymovement.”

“Dance is an outlet. It’smy ministry,” said account-ing sophomore RachelleTownsend. “It’s one of theways God has blessed meto reach other people.”

Modern dance is a com-bination form of contempo-rary theatrical dance andconcert dance employing aspecial technique for usingthe entire body in move-ments expressive ofabstract ideas.

NCCU’s Modern DanceGroup consists of abouttwenty dancers who per-form in order to developbetter technique.

“I am a part of theNCCU Modern DanceGroup simply for pleasure;dancing is a way I expressmyself and keep my headcool,” said biology fresh-man Vanessa Bell.

“I think everyone shouldexperience it in some formor fashion.”

The NCCU Dance Groupperforms twice a year, inthe fall and spring. Theyparticipate annually in theBlack College DanceExchange nationally.

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George “Bulldog” Smithis on a mission to help N.C.Central University’s ath-letes.

And he’s got a plan to doit – the 1,000 Eagles GivingCampaign.

Smith, assistant athleticsdirector for student-athletedevelopment, said the ideacame to him and Coach BillHayes, NCCU’s athleticdirector, one day last yearwhile they were riding inthe car after lunch.

Smith said that Hayesturned to him and said:“Bulldog, we’ve go to dosomething to help our stu-dent athletes.” And that ishow the campaign gotlaunched.

The idea is to have 1,000NCCU alumni and friendsdonate $1,000 each for atotal of $1 million. Themoney will be used toimprove the quality of thepartial scholarships thatNCCU offers athletes.

Smith said students onpartial athletics scholar-ships receive on averageabout $150 for books eachsemester.

“They are only able tobuy about 1.3 books on thatamount,” said Smith, whochairs the 1,000 EaglesGiving Campaign.

“The object behind theprogram is to ensure thatstudent athletes have theopportunity to graduate,”said Smith.

The Department ofAthletics has mailedbrochures announcing thecampaign to alumni andfriends, but Smith saidword of mouth has been thebest advertising.

Smith also saidincreased scholarships willattract better student ath-letes and that this will becrucial for “propellingNCCU into Division I.”

The campaign, now in itssecond year, has 150 alumniand friend commitments.

Some have given less, butothers have given more than$1,000.

Donors can designatetheir gifts to be used forscholarships or operations.

They also can designatetheir gift for a specificsport.

Donors are given thechoice of two season foot-ball or basketball tickets fortheir contribution.

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A competitive weekendin Virginia resulted in tearsof joy and defeat as N.C.Central University athletesbattled for the opportunity to become CIAA champi-ons.

Men’s and women’s trackteams enjoyed numerousfirst place victories whilegolf received second placehonors with a CIAA recordbreaker to match.

However, along with thewins came the losses.

The Lady Eagles softballteam took their defeat withheads held high as they lostin the semifinal matchagainst Fayetteville State,while dreams of a champi-onship were placed on thebackburner for men’s andwomen’s tennis.

In track and field, bothmen’s and women’s teamsput their best foot forward to place third overall.

In the women’s events,Aisha Brown placed first inthe 3000 meter run whileYolanda Barber placed first

in the 800 meter run and1500 meter run.

Nina Warren came infirst in the 100 meter dash.

The women also placedthird in the 4x100 meterrelay and the 4x400 meterrelay.Eric Spears received first

place honors in the 800meter run while the menplaced second in the 4x400meter relay.

“Everyone has beencompeting very well,” saidAustin Lamar Hogan, psy-chology senior. “The girlshad four victories. We’ve allbeen very successful.”

In golf, Brian Demby seta CIAA record with a scoreof 135 over a two day event,shooting a four under par,67 on day one followingwith a three under par 68on day two.

Demby received lowmedalist honors for therecord, putting NCCU insecond place behindFayetteville State with atwo day team score of 614.

On the other hand,adversity makes strongplayers but unfortunately

not winners for the champi-onship.

In softball, the LadyEagles winning streakended with a 14-12 loss toWestern Division competi-tor, Fayetteville State.

A line drive down centerfield by Asha Sutton wascaught by the Broncos,making it the final out ofthe game.

“I was like, dang,” saidSutton, a mass communica-tions sophomore. “I thoughtit was a great hit. It almostseemed as if she didn’tcatch it at all.”

Her teammatesexpressed the same senti-ment.

“Man, we were gettingruns; I didn’t expect thatone to get caught,” saidLatoya Tate, sports medi-cine sophomore.

The Lady Eagles battledthrough the entire game,from being down 11-3 in thethird inning to scoringthree runs with two outs inthe final inning of the game.

“It was a good game andwe came back,” saidLakeshia Sheppard, ele-

mentary education junior. “No one ever gave up. We

owed it to our coaches.They had faith in us. Theynever gave up even whenwe were down 11-1.”

Clarisse Steans, who wasnamed CIAA 2005 SoftballPlayer of the Year, pitchedall seven innings with fourstrikeouts and four walks.

Sutton led the LadyEagles hitters, going 3 of 5from the plate with twoRBI.

Candice Spruill andJameka Little two hits andthree runs each.

Head Coach Larry Keenwas named Coach of theWeek for April 13-19.

Men’s and women’s ten-nis ended in defeat asFayetteville State won the women’s title and ShawUniversity took the men’stitle.

The men took fourthplace with a total of 37points while the women fin-ished eighth with a total of 17 points.

None of the Eagles fin-ished in the top slots for thetournament.

BY SASHA VANNECHO STAFF WRITER

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MOORECONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

players have been draftedto the NBA.

If selected, Moore willjoin the ranks of Sam Jones,Ted Manning, Lee Davis, JoePridgen, Donald Sinclair,David Binion and Young.

In only two seasons withthe Eagles, Moore hasamassed 845 points, 387rebounds, 132 assists, 96steals and 54 blocks.

This year, he is the lead-ing scorer for the Eagles,averaging 19.4 points, and isranked second in the CIAAin scoring .

Although Head CoachHenry Dickerson has onlybeen coaching at NCCU forone season, he almostinstantly noticed Moore’stalent.

“The first time I saw himplay I saw how athletic hewas,” Dickerson said. “Hehas a chance and his abilitymatches a few of those inthe NBA but it will be an

adjustment. Even if he isnot drafted, he will be insomebody’s camp.”

Dickerson said scoutswere constantly at games orpractices or making phonecalls inquiring about Moore.

The transfer from EastCarolina University has astrong support system atNCCU. His family, coachesand teammates say they arebehind him 100 percent.

“His chances are reallygood and he has a good shotat making it,” said teammateJason Hervey. “We all try tokeep his spirits up and wepractice with him and tellhim he can do it and pushhim to put his ‘A’ game on.”

However, if things do notwork out in his favor, Mooreplans to play overseas.

“I know that I have a tal-ent for [basketball] and I’mbetter than the average play-er, but I am humbled by thewhole experience,” he said.

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10 Campus EchoWEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2005Opinions

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

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“No matter whathappens someonesomewhere isproud of you.Times get hard butthe prize at theend is worth it.

— CallieshiaWilliams

“The ride has beenfun, but gradua-tion couldn’t havecome sooner!”

– Joseph Header

“Thank you for allof your support.Continue to strivefor excellence in all you do andalways put Godfirst. “

—Sharonda Arnold

QQuueessttiioonn::Now that you are graduating, what

would you like to say to NCCU?

So long, farewell

B efore I left Zimbabwe ittook me several days to goaround the country telling

my relatives that I was going intothe unknown.

Still I did notmanage to bidfarewell to allmy relatives.

The point is,in Africa wehave a closelyknit extendedfamily inwhich childrentend to bechildren of thewhole village.It was scary to

leave all the relatives behind.To my surprise, when I started

classes at N.C. Central Universityin Spring 2001, I made new rela-tives. Many people were willingto teach me the American way ofdoing things while still acceptingmy African ways.

This is a University. When astudent enrolls it is commonknowledge that he or she has toleave. I am about to do whatmany students have done in the

95-year history ofNCCU — leave.

I am blessedto have beengranted theopportunity tomeet some won-derful students,faculty, staff andadministrators.

Some profes-sors went out oftheir way to getto know me as an individual andprovide guidance.

Just being at NCCU was goodenough for me.

But I found myself writing sto-ries for the Campus Echo andthen as its editor. This was a greathonor to me, but I decided that Iwould only be a learning editor. Ileave as a learning editor.

There were some times whenI would sit with the CampusEcho adviser Bruce dePysslerafter sending the newspaper tothe printer and worry aboutwhat the readers were going tothink about the newspaper.

Our major concern at theCampus Echo is to tell other peo-

ple’s stories andinform our read-ers.

I know we’vetried our best.

Some peoplewere big fans ofthe paper andsome loathed it.

Such is life. We are not in

this business tobe liked.

Those who had constructivecriticism came and talked to usand we listened.

Others chose to call us namesor remained silent, so we neverheard what they thought.

So many untold storiesremain out there and I know theCampus Echo staff will continueto look for those stories.

Inasmuch as we were trying todo our job, there were someadministrators who made our jobdifficult by refusing to give usinformation. What is there tohide, I wonder.

I wish all administratorswould emulate their boss,Chancellor James H. Ammons.

There was not a single day that Iwanted to talk to him that herefused. He definitely under-stands the importance of a stu-dent newspaper.

Seconds after a heated facultymeeting where he had justannounced some changes in theadministration, he gave me aninterview.

“Lovemore, I will talk to you,”he said. “The Campus Echo isour own New York Times.”

I wish all people at NCCUwould have this same respect forstudent journalists.

A Zimbabwean proverb says,“The death of a policeman doesnot warrant the closure of thecamp.”

There have been other editorsbefore me and many more willcome.

Above all, I was a student andI would like to thank the profes-sors who worked hard to makeme a better person.

I would need more than 500words to name all the facultymembers who helped me and Iwould still be guilty of possiblyleaving someone out.

Exit Mr. Lovemore

There are some moments inlife that will always stick outmore than others and

remain near and dear to yourheart.

My time here at N.C. Centralis one ofthosemoments thatI will neverforget.

It’s so hardto believethat it is real-ly over forme.

Before Icame to thisgreat institu-tion, people

always told me that this would bethe best four years of my life.

I didn’t believe them then. But now, as my time here is

limited to a little over a week, Irealize how true it is.

And as my new direction inlife is taking me out into the“real world,” a great big uncer-tainty is beginning to set in.

But one thing I will rememberis how good NCCU has been to

me. So let me start the laundrylist.

Saying good-bye would beincompletewithout thank-ing the peoplewho got me tothis point.

To my par-ents, thanks forsupporting andencouraging meto be anything Iaspired to be.

To Mrs.Nelson, whose office was morelike a second home. Club Nelsonlives forever!

Ms. Forte, thanks for being amentor and a friend.

To all my English and MassCommunication instructors:Thanks for challenging me andpreparing me for the journeyahead.

To those in the AthleticsDepartment, especially KyleSerba, who were very coopera-tive with me and the CampusEcho staff, thank you.

I know your job isn’t easy andI know I didn’t make it easier.

I’m sure some of you are glad tosee me go.

Hey. No hard feelings — it’sall business.

Last but notleast, DP.

Thanks for see-ing something inme and helpingme realize that Ican do it.

You have trulybeen an inspira-tion to me.

I am forevergrateful for what you have taughtme.

Thank you for your talent andyour spirit.

To the entire Campus Echostaff, from B-more to BatonRouge, we have been throughsome crazy stuff.

I would like to thank ALL ofyou for the laughs, the tears andthe unforgettable memories.

Working with all of you hasbeen one of the highlights of mycollege experience and you haveall touched me in a special way.

The late nights wouldn’t havebeen the same without any of

you.Special thanks to Mike Dub

for getting me on the right track. Carla for the laughs and words

of encouragement (by the way,the photos are hot!).

Joanna for the long talks andmany outings (you can do what-ever you set your HEART andmind to).

Rony, you are a person I trulyadmire. Don’t change. You’regreat just the way you are.

Aaron, you are a photo geniusand you will go far in life.

Lovemore, I want to be asinfluential and talented as youwhen I grow up!

To the future staffers, I chal-lenge you to write the gut-wrenching, eyebrow-raising arti-cles that make people wake upand realize what is going on inthe world.

That’s what separates goodjournalists from great ones.

This great organization knownas the Campus Echo has set astandard for all to live up to.Carry on this great tradition andkeep setting the standard.

Until we meet again …

So many untold storiesremain out there and I know the Campus

Echo staff will continue to look for those stories.

This great organizationknown as the Campus

Echo has set a standard for all

to live up to.

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