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Shaping our future for excellenceDr. Gregory CarrHonorary Staff Writer

As we near the end of the fall semester at Howard and our sister

HBCUs, pockets of engaged Black student energy continues to erupt and radiate from a growing number of American colleges campuses.

Whether or not this rising tide of Black consciousness portends a new moment and movement is difficult to predict. A dependable coterie of “public intellectuals” scurry to interpret the times in Eurostream media.

Honest dialogue is, at its most effective, not without its pain. While the U.S. looks for the least painful explanations for the latest tears in its imperfect union, Howard and our sister HBCUs continue to stand in the truths and realities of Black memory and vision, offering imperfect but honest spaces for us to struggle together for better days ahead.

The latest crises in Black communities present a renewed opportunity for a Howard University community to set itself to contribute to our collective transformation. We pursue this work in a space that relieves us, however temporarily, from the collective burden of racial “othering.”

Our faculty continues to spend our lives investigating elements of the full range of the African experience. Many of us have also spent most of our professional lives translating our examination of those dimensions, in our respective fields, for the benefit of generations of students in these predominantly Black learning spaces.

Our reward, students and faculty alike, has been, and continues to be, the perpetual renewal of a collective purpose and will to shape a better world.

This semester, we have found ourselves renewed in our daily work of teaching and learning by a plea for more of what we take for granted here from our isolated and embattled brothers and sisters on HBCU campuses, from Yale to Missouri to Berkeley and many places between.

Students and faculty in those places would love to have more scholars in the social sciences who attempt to help them understand the structural formations that impede our collective progress and how to transform them. They demand more thinkers in the arts and humanities to help them understand how we have written and sung and danced and performed our memories and dreams of liberated futures. They want natural and mechanical science scholars who equip them with new ways of engaging with our material reality, in order to better understand the world and universe we live in and how we might live in it more fully.

It is a distant dream for them to study in professional schools where faculty wed first-rate technical training to deeper cultural understandings that will help them effectively stand between the world and a people in need of heroic interveners.

As we reach the mid-point of our academic year, we should contemplate our collective role as both sanctuary and beacon. When Ta-Nehisi Coates explains to the world that it was his time in this intellectual hot house that fed and shaped his suddenly

desperately-sought witness, we must seek the same pathways to transformation he did.

When Claudia Rankine explained that this iconic learning space was was something that she was now connected to as a result of a litany of student engagement, a country suddenly enamored with her work on citizenship was introduced to the inexhaustible source of her understanding.

As parts of France and Syria burn and renewed cries for vengeance, intolerance and war erupt across the globe, another victim of U.S. police killing, Jamar Clark, has been added to an always-growing list. We failed him, the people and community he came from, and every other Black life interrupted by senseless violence, no matter the source.

We also fail each other, every day, through our fatigue, through our temporary suspension of belief, even through our desire to look away and lose ourselves in momentary distractions.

Still, somehow, in this learning space which we were bequeathed by our Ancestors to maintain for our future, we rise anew each day to renew our purpose and will, becoming stronger in the broken places.

We need to read more. We need to study and understand more. We need to respect ourselves enough to redouble our efforts, supporting the best of those efforts and finding it within ourselves to improve, day-by-day.

As Asa G. Hilliard used to say, there is no mystery to creating excellence in African education. It takes love of learners and learning, content

mastery, and master teaching. Those who think that this cannot be done to scale should cease their lament long enough to turn their eyes and ears in the direction of the places where it is being done.

As the new Museum of African American History and Culture rises on the U.S. national mall, resplendent in its physical majesty, we will be called on to do even more. That is as it should be.

I stood on that mall on Tuesday night as Black children and their parents cheered while watching the images of our

Ancestors that danced across the new museum’s façade. One of the fleeting images was of the original academic building of Howard University. I thought about the Black scholars—many of them with Howard ties—who will shape the stories that must be told within those walls. As W.E.B. Du Bois once wrote, we must now out-think and out-flank the owners of the world, realizing that our oppression is all-too-frequently with our consent.

The future is ours if we will stand, fortified by our long memory and far-reaching vision, to shape it.

PHOTO BY BRITTANY OHALETEHoward student raises hand in support during Justice or Else March.

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CAMPUSWHUR brings home Food2Feed fundraiser

Taylor Tiamoyo-HarrisEditor-in-Chief

Lined up along Georgia Avenue and 4th street, Howard University

students and the staff of WHUR 96.3 FM held signs, flagged down cars on red lights and stopped people on sidewalks to collect donations from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. to go towards Food2Feed, an annual fundraiser which helps feed families during Thanksgiving.

Now in their 38th year of hosting Food2Feed, WHUR’s efforts raised $77,433 this year. Though they beat last year’s mark of $75,000, the icing on the cake was that for the first time they were able to hold the fundraiser at the Mecca.

“I personally feel it’s not a new location because wherever we go, WHUR is always in our heart. Howard University is always in

our heart no matter where we position ourselves. We’re really at home.” said Triscina Grey, who has been working for the station as a mid-day personality for WHUR for the past 25 years.“Of course we can’t save the world, but whatever we can do, we’ll make a difference to so many families.”

Donations were also accepted via credit card on the website at Food2Feed.org and using the phone number 202-462-0285.

Last year the day long fundraiser took place at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center. Before that, the station held the fundraiser primarily at the Old Post Office Pavilion which is currently being renovated as a Donald Trump Hotel.

“Bringing it here to the Howard University community just makes

sense, and it even saves us lots of money and we can even raise more money to help needy families,” Renee Nash, WHUR director of news and public affairs said.

Part of the reason the station made the change to Howard was because of the renovations at the Old Post Office Pavilion, but also to cut operational costs such as generators and heating outside. Even so, 100 percent of the proceeds from the fundraiser will be split between the Capital Area Food Bank and Shabach Ministries. “It’s truly are biggest event of the year,” Sean Plater, deputy manager of WHUR said. “We serve the community with a radio station that plays great music and that entertains, but at the core of who we are, it’s about service to the community. If we don’t help people than why are we here?”

Donators were able to bring money or even non perishable items. With the money, WHUR will buy food to make Thanksgiving baskets to give to the Capital Area Food Bank and Shabach Ministries. The station usually holds the fundraiser as close as they can to the Thanksgiving holiday in order to have time to do that.

According to Plater, the WHUR staff will go buy all the food by the end of the week, and distribute the baskets starting next week. In past years, the non perishable items have also been able to help families past Thanksgiving.

“Everyone deserves a Thanksgiving dinner. There’s no excuse as to why you can’t spend some of your time giving back especially when you’re on campus,” student volunteer Everette Hamilton, a sophomore biology major

said.

Hamilton volunteered at the sign-in table for the fundraiser from 8:00am-10:00am before her classes started. Volunteering to help others is exactly what Plater wanted students to come out and do since the event was on campus.

“A lot of times it’s not just the homeless it’s just working homeless. You have people that go to work every day but just can’t afford to eat. It could be you. You never know when you’ll fall on hard times,” Plater said.

“They [Shabach] serve a lot of the Maryland side and Capital Area serves a lot of the D.C. side, so they have proven to be two of the greatest organizations in the area. We see the work they do beyond this event and those are the people we want to be in partnership with.”

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#TakeBackTheNightHU: Shatter The Silence, Stop The ViolenceNov. 16-20Presented by: COAS & UGSA

Stop The Violence: Open Mic Hosted By Orville The PoetDate:Thursday, Nov. 19Location:BlackBurn Gallery Lounge Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Don’t Be A Bystander: Pledge EventDate: Friday, Nov. 20Location: Lower Level of BlackburnTime: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Spotlight Network Week Goes Inside OutNov. 15-20Presented by: Spotlight Network

South Carolina Relief: Alongside the Lupe Fiasco FoundationDate: Thursday, Nov. 19Location:Donations collected in School of Communications

Premiere Night Date: Friday, Nov. 20Location: TBA Time: 6:00 PM

FREE Live Jazz Concert: The BJ Simmons Sextet at the National Portrait Gallery in China Town Presented by: Shaw Renaissance Club Date: Thursday, Nov. 19Location: 750 9th St. NW, Suite 3100 Washington, DC 20001Time: 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Teach For DCPS: Information Session & Panel Discussion with Howard SOE AlumniPresented by: HU School of Education Date: Thursday, Nov. 19Location: Miner Hall Room 105Time: 6:00 p.m.

Pamper Me Pretty IV: Sun-Kissed Queens of The NilePresented by: UGSA & T.A.N.G.L.E.S. & JewelsPanel SessionDate: Friday, Nov. 20Location: Hilltop LoungeTime: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Renowned Dermatoligist: Dr. Yolanda HolmesFashion Expert: Imani TibbsRenowned Makeup Artist: Anthony ElliottCelebrity Hair Stylist: Nai’Vasha JohnsonFitness Expert: DreaRawalPampering Session: Date: Friday, Nov.20th

Location: Blackburn BallroomTime: 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Howard University Swimming & Diving EventHBCU Showdown Meet vs. North Carolina A&T State UniversityDate: Friday, Nov. 20Location: Burr Pool Time: 6:00 p.m.

Ariana Melton’s Senior Recital Presented by:HU Department of MusicDate: Friday, Nov. 20Location: Lulu Vere Childers Hall, Department of Music, Room 3001Time: 6:00 p.m.

Spektrum: Student Choreography ShowcasePresented by: Howard University College of Art & Sciences Division of Fine Arts: Department of Theatre Arts

Date: Friday, Nov. 20 Saturday, Nov. 21Location: Ira Aldridge Theatre (2455 6th St. NW)Time: 7:30 p.m.Cost:$7 (General Admission)

Annual Christmas ConcertPresented by: Howard University Choir, directed by Eric O. Poole Sponsored by: College of Arts & Sciences, Division of Fine Arts and the Offi ce of Choirs and BandsDate: Sunday, Dec.6Location: Andrew Rankin Memorial ChapelTime: 3:00 p.m.Cost: Free & Open to the Public.

What’s Happening On Campus?

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Maya KingStaff Writer

On Oct. 16, the Office of the President issued a memorandum to

students and faculty members introducing an auction that could possibly sell the spectrum of WHUT, the nation’s first Black-owned and operated television station. Incepted in 1980, WHUT has produced a number of student

journalists and filmmakers for over 35 years.

Regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Broadcast Incentive Auction is a new creative function sanctioned by Congress to help the Commission meet the Nation’s growing spectrum demands.

According to the FCC, the incentive will permit television

broadcasters to voluntarily go off the air, share their spectrum or move channels in exchange for receiving part of the proceeds from auctioning that spectrum to wireless providers to support 21st century wireless broadband needs.

Taking into account the different courses of action, Howard University President Wayne A. I. Fredrick explained in the memo to the Howard Community that

they are exploring their options regarding the opportunity to sell the spectrum, or unique wireless signal space. The spectrum is valued at up to $461 million.

The deadline for the auction is Dec. 18, 2015 with participation for the auction beginning on or after March 26, 2016.

“Howard University must consider the significant financial

opportunity presented with the Spectrum Auction,” said Fredrick in the memorandum. “At the same time we will consider the value that WHUT adds to the experiential learning opportunities for students and faculty in our School of Communications and College of Engineering and the program and public service opportunities we provide through WHUT to its loyal viewers.”

Howard’s WHUT may sale for nearly $500 million

Here’s what the Howard community has to say:

“I’m surprised they weren’t trying to revamp the station first,” said Robyn Hutson, a

senior majoring in film. “The fact that the FCC is offering

Howard such a big sum speaks for itself and represents how valuable [the spectrum] is.”

“WHUT continues to provide prime media access to telling

[the black community’s] story,” said Paul Holston,

sophomore journalism major. “It is very important for Howard University to retain it, no matter

how much the FCC is trying to have it sold or shared with

other companies.”

“I consider WHUT to be one of Howard’s treasures,” said

Dr. Richard Wright, a Howard alum and professor in the

School of Communications. “[It has] untapped potential to be a major revenue generator,

a major carrier of the HU brand and a catalyst for the promotion of programs and

initiatives that seek to address the many social challenges

locally and nationally”.

“The first decision that will be made is whether or not

to apply to participate in the auction,” said Gracia Hillman, a spokeswoman in the Office

of the President, in a statement issued to The Hilltop’s staff.

“Whatever decision is made, it will be done with a clear

strategy in mind for the interests of Howard University.”

“I support the university participating in the auction,” said Marcus Ware, a previous Howard employee and two-

time Howard University Alum. “Opportunities like this only come once in a lifetime… we would have close to a billion-

dollar nest egg.”

“A local PBS station isn’t the way of the future,” said Chris

Albrecht, the CEO of the Starz Network. “Money that could be invested in things that are the way of the future and directed towards the business plan is

never a bad idea.”

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Bahiyyah Millah MuhammadContributing Writer

Inside Out is not a class for those in the business of fl exin’ and fi nessin’. In fact, don’t

waste your time applying if you’re not up for a challenge. Taking a class behind the prison wall brings everything to life.

It’s one thing to read, Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow” but it’s a completely different experience when you live it. Even President Obama felt the need to expand his knowledge on incarceration by stepping foot inside.

This semester 17 Howard University students are attending classes in the DC Jail. These students underwent a very rigorous application process that ended with their hand selection into the course. Sociology 113:

Crime and Justice Behind the Wall, brings “outside” students from Howard University together with “inside” students from the D.C. Department of Corrections (DCDOC) to explore issues revolving around the collateral consequences of mass incarceration in the contemporary United States.

The Inside-Out model is a national program founded at Temple University in 1997. Currently there are more than 600 classes being offered across the globe, none of which are offered in the nations capital.

Dr. Muhammad’s motivation for bringing Inside Out to Howard University and the DCDOC resulted from her participation in the National Inside Out Instructor Training in 2007.

Professor Muhammad says, “going into Graterford Prison was very transformative and

empowering. I knew from day one that I wanted to teach through the Inside Out pedagogy”.

This 15-week class taught by Dr. Bahiyyah M. Muhammad, Assistant Professor of Criminology at the College of Arts and Sciences in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, is being offered at a very important time with bi-partisan support for changes in crime policy, thousands of low-level federal offenders being released, and only months after President Obama’s visit to a federal prison.

This partnership between the DCDOC and Howard University has empowered students on both sides of the wall. An inside student says, “Even with this class being new, I am grateful to be amongst such scholars. The lectures help me to see things differently. The classes have given me hope and show me that I still have a chance to make

right when I get out”(male/re-entry unit). Students become reenergized toward knowledge.

Another inside student stated, “I was in school for a while before I got incarcerated. This class reminds me and shows me exactly where I need to be when I get out of here. I’m going back to fi nish college when I get out of here. I owe it to myself and my family”(female/re-entry unit). Although the course discussions are brutally honest at times, it offers varying perspectives for all to consider.

An outside student shares his newfound desire to be a correctional offi cers. He states, “being a part of Inside Out makes me realize the impact I can have as an employee of the DC DOC” (male/undergraduate student).

Another student shared an interest in working from within, a female graduate student says, “DC Jail

is local and its great to be able to take a class there. I want to be a psychologist for the Jail when I graduate”. The semester has been a success on many levels.

As an incarcerated student prepares for release, she states, “this class helps me see that I have a lot to change and I am ready to do that. I’m not coming back here anymore. I want better for myself” she further states, “this college program is a GOD send. It is a true blessing. I am happy to be a part of the class and I will put it to good use”(female/general population).

The Mecca prides itself on truth and service and provides a great backbone for the Inside Out classes. If you are interested in learning more about Inside Out at Howard University, please contact Dr. Muhammad at bahiyyah.muhammad@howard.edu.

“Inside Out“ at the D.C. Jail

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THE HILLTOP NOVEMBER 19, 2015 7NEWS

Courtne’ DixonHoward Universty News Service

WASHINGTON -- Thousands of college students locally – and more than 500,000 in cities and towns across America – have been stripped of more than a billion dollars in aid following the Senate’s refusal to renew the nation’s oldest loan program for college students.

The 57-year-old federal Perkins loan program expired at the end of September after the Republican-controlled Senate, led by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, blocked legislation to extend it even after the legislation passed the House of Representatives where Republicans hold an even larger majority.

Students with exceptional financial need can borrow up to

$5,000 at a 5 percent fixed rate. The program serves close to 1,700 schools and in the 2013-14 academic year awarded over $1.15 billion in aid to over 539,000 students according to the U.S. Department of Education.

Approximatively 5,000 District college students received over $16 million in Perkins aid last year, according to the Department of Education.

Brian Johnson, associate director of financial aid at Howard University, said the loans have been a boost to needy students and the absence of the funding could create a huge strain on the university and its students.

“It’s been great, because it has assisted students who had difficulty meeting the financial obligations with the university,” Johnson said. “Now students who usually received those funds will have to seek funding from other sources. Hopefully we will be

able to assist students with other resources, but again, that will be challenging for those students who were recipients in the past.”

On average, District of Columbia students borrow more than other states or providences that participate in the program. They borrowing on average $ 3,351, compared to the national average of $2,172 per student.

Catholic University officials said the school will also feel strain from the dissolvent of Perkins loans. Its students received $1.2 million in aid the last year and were awarded on average $ 2,000 each, according to Jo Ann Humphreys, assistant director of financial aid at Catholic University.

“We are trying to deal with it as best as possible,” Humphreys said, “We tried to provide deadlines to encourage them to get there promissory note done in time.”

Nearly all Washington schools will be affected to some degree, according to Department of Education statistics. At George Washington University, 2,237 student received more than $4 million in loans for the 2013-2014 year, and at Georgetown, just over 1,200 students received nearly $8.5 million.

Some historically black colleges and universities will also take a hit. For instance, Hampton University in Virginia will lose about $1 million, nearly 500 students at Tuskegee University will lose $1.7 million and 15 percent of the students at Clark Atlanta University who receive the loans will go without $1.3 million.

Starting Oct. 1, some candidates may still receive the loan on a limited basis, according to Miriam Niblack, assistant director of Georgetown University Student Loan Services.

“Students who accepted the loan

prior to September 30, 2015, are able to be grandfathered into the program and still receive funds on a limited basis upon meeting certain criteria,” Niblack said.

“Those who have the loan can continue to use the benefits of the program until it is exhausted or the loan is repaid. After any final disbursements, without the program being re-instituted, the loan will no longer be available.”

For th http://d3vsdfvkxh87qp.cloudfront.net/articles_images/q7/1446509647347/image.jpg ose who are not grandfathered in or future student in need, the prognosis seems much bleaker. if the program is not reinstated or extended within the next two months.

“The biggest burden will be for those students who had that shortcoming, because they won’t have access to those resources anymore,” Johnson said.

College Students & Families Feel the Loss of Perkins Loans

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NEWS

Janelle Berry Howard University News Service

WASHINGTON—The Central Intelligence Agency and a national organization that financially helps students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) announced during a press conference here Saturday they are working on a plan to increase the number of African American spies and analysts at the nation’s foremost spying agency.

Johnny Taylor Jr., president of The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), and CIA Director John Brennan said they had not worked out the details of the plan, but had agreed to make increasing the number of African Americans at the agency a priority.

There are not enough black agents at the CIA, Brennan said, and he hopes an allegiance with the fund and his Diversity & Inclusion Staff, where an African American woman is the chair, will begin to solve the problem.

“What we need to do is make sure that we have the capabilities, the expertise; the individuals with the perspectives, and be able to bring those together and marry those perspectives so that we can provide those insights to our consumers,” Brennan said as part of the TMCF’s three-day conference and gala.

“Inclusion and diversity are something that is the reflection, I think, of our mission, which is to make sure that we have the opportunity as well as the capability to provide to the president and others the deep rich insights that are necessary in order to advance in national security.”

The fund has supplied $250 million in funding to publicly-funded HBCUs since its inception in 1987, it says.

Brennan and Taylor said the plans are in the early stages.

“We had a kickoff meeting as far as the implementation team,” Brennan said. “There are a lot of teams throughout the agency that are joining together to do this, and we’re going to have metrics on this.

“We need to measure our ability to make progress towards these goals. Nothing is a light switch. We’re not going to be able to make this change overnight.”–Brennan said he would hold his senior managers accountable by spending more time addressing the issues of diversity at the CIA. The CIA must take the initiative to find these minority students who are qualified to join the CIA, he said.

As part of the process, Brennan said he wants to ensure that his senior managers are going to the colleges to recruit African-American candidates and that they are mentoring and sponsoring

individuals within the CIA. Additionally, they should be coming up with ideas about how to realize their goals to increase diversity in leadership positions.

“It’s easy for us to talk about these things,” he said. “You really have to be able to walk the talk, and we’ll do that inside the building as well as outside.”

Taylor said the CIA will find that students at HBCUs are just as qualified and talented to work for the CIA as students from Ivy Leagues.

The Thurgood Marshall fund, which is named after the nation’s first black U.S. Supreme Court justice, will act as a liaison by providing their names to the CIA, Taylor said.

“There are computer science engineer geniuses on these campuses that no one knew existed because they weren’t at MIT,” he said. “They weren’t at Stanford. That’s our job to provide. We will play a role in introducing that diversity.”

Taylor said his organization will help by exposing black high school students to the CIA and its career opportunities, then introduce the needed CIA skill sets into high school curriculums. The organization will encourage high school students to attend college, and introduce them to the majors that the CIA is interested in to make them more desirable as applicants.

Students within the pipeline can choose to intern with the CIA and eventually begin a career at the CIA, Taylor said.Taylor said his fund would continue to help black men and women get college educations, but it is also African American community’s responsibility to ensure that young African Americans who are willing to learn and qualified are introduced to career opportunities.

“I have a saying that ‘Only us can save us’,” he said. “The African American community has a responsibility to help some of these issues as well. My job and our job at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund is to ensure that organizations like the CIA know that there’s incredibly talented source of really good students, ready to come working for their agency, if only they knew how to get there.”

Brennan said he asked former Urban League President Vernon Jordan, who used to work with former President Bill Clinton and is now a part of the CIA advisory board, to spearhead the effort to help his agency become more diverse.

“He came up with a very frank assessment of the problems that we have in terms of the way we recruit, develop, train, as well as groom individuals in order to assume those leadership positions in the agency,” he said

Taylor encouraged the students at the press conference to go back to their respective colleges and universities and encourage other students to explore the opportunities at the CIA.

He also stated that while creating the pipeline for students in high school, the TMCF allows other organizations to attend career fairs at colleges that get overlooked such as Winston-Salem State University and the University of the District of Columbia, in order to allow college students to explore all the career opportunities available to them.

Kenisha Tillmutt, a senior at Fort Valley State University, and was positive about the CIA’s efforts to include African Americans in the CIA workplace.

“It opened my eyes more,” Tillmutt said. “If he took the time out to come here and speak to us, I know he’s serious about bridging the gap for diversity. I hope he lives up to his word.”

Abrahana James, a junior at Fort Valley State University, said she believes the CIA is trying to change.

“They’re trying to provide everyone the same opportunities,” James said. “Like he said, there’s people with the same mindsets at schools other than Ivy League schools, and they’re trying to give them that same opportunity.

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Ashley YoungHoward University News Service

Residents of the Barry Farm public housing community fear a future of uncertainty due to a redevelopment

plan. Courtesy Ashley Young

After the Civil War, the U.S. government bought land in Southeast Washington to provide a settlement for newly freed slaves. Today, Barry Farm provides public housing to D.C.’s low-income families. With redevelopment in its beginning stages, uncertainty is a major concern among residents in the community. Howard University News Service reporter Ashley Young reports.

WASHINGTON - Yvonne Wynn enjoys sitting on the steps leading up to her home and chatting with her neighbors. Barry Farm is her home. She lives here with her son and daughter, but soon they will have to pack

their belongings and move. Barry Farm is set to be demolished and rebuilt into 1,400 mixed-income housing and 50,000 sq. feet of retail space, another project aimed at revitalizing D.C.’s historic communities.

Barry Farm provides public housing to over 300 low-income families. What was once land given to newly freed slaves after the Civil War, is now a public housing community with deep roots. The D.C. Council approved the project in 2006, but just last year phase one was approved to begin relocating residents.

One row of housing of Sumner Rd. is boarded up, the families who occupied it have been relocated. Wynn knows she will soon have to do the same, but she fears relocating to another community where crime is no stranger.

“I feel, you know, those areas are worse than Barry Farm. And my family and I have had bad experiences since we’ve been here and I just don’t want to go into another

dwellings and deal with it and it get worse,” said Wynn.

But Wynn has lived here for 6 years and wants to return once the project is complete. This isn’t Wynn’s first time relocating for a redevelopment project. She had to move to Barry Farm when her old neighborhood, Capital Heights Dwellings, started a similar project.

The plan for Barry Farm includes replacing public housing one-for-one. The three and four bedrooms units will no longer be available, as they will be replaced with studios, one bedroom and two bedroom units. And, the initiative even states that these replacement units may be “in proximate off-site locations.”

Many residents fear they will not reap the benefits of the completed project. A bus tour aimed showcasing possible new business ventures in Barry Farm outraged residents and only deepened a fear that they will be displaced. According to the D.C. Fiscal

Policy Institute, affordable housing has decreased by 50 percent in D.C. the last decade.

D.C. Housing Authority is in charge of the redevelopment plan. After reaching out to them several times, they declined to comment or set up an interview.

Gentrification is becoming a heated debate across the nation. A study by Governing Magazine found more poor families are moving to the suburbs as more middle-class people flock to urban living. The District, Seattle and New Orleans are among the most gentrified cities in America.

Even after attending several meetings between D.C. Housing Authority and the community, Wynn doesn’t feel resident’s concerns are being heard, “I’m tired of it and I’m frustrated. And, you know, I just pray every day that things will work better for my family, because I deserve better.”

A Community Crumbles:Barry Farm Set for DemolitionResidents of Barry Farm Public Housing Community Fear a Future of Uncertainty

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THE HILLTOP NOVEMBER 19, 2015 11NEWS

Cameron ClarkeStaff Writer

What happened at the University of Missouri was not a sudden revelation, absent of any historical context. The recent events at the University of Missouri are the confluence of rising racial tensions more than two decades in the making.

In 2001, in response to a series of racially motivated instances of violence on campus, the University of Missouri- Columbia commissioned a diversity study to determine the validity of minority students’ complaints about the lack of diversity on campus. The results were troubling. The Black population accounts for 3.3 percent of Mizzou’s student body and does not proportionally reflect Missouri’s African-American population which is 10.9 percent of the state. Also, the proportion of African-American teachers and faculty was even smaller.

In reaction to the findings, the university appointed a diversity officer in 2005 and began implementing a plan to establish a diversity education class. The plan stalled, and was eventually all but scrapped in 2010.

For the next four years, events at Mizzou quieted down, until the verdict in Officer Darren Wilson’s 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, incited widespread outrage among the African-American community, and widespread vacillation among the white American community. As racial tensions heightened, the situation at the university became more politically polarized, with acts of racial insensitivity increasing in frequency and intensity.

It was in December of 2014 when events came to a head. Indignant at another student organization’s issuing of “Hands Up Pants UP” wristbands, members of the Black student organization Concerned Student 1950 – a reference to the first year African-

American students were allowed to attend – protested by blocking traffic on one of the main streets by the university for more than three hours.

Finally, in September and October of 2015, a rash of racially motivated incidents involving Payton Head, President of the Missouri Student Association, members of Concerned Student 1950 and the Jewish Student Association caused a series of counter racism protests to erupt around campus. By the time many Americans became aware of the events unfolding at Mizzou, the situation had already been developing for more than a month.

I say this, not to diminish the actions of the football team and how they helped bring on the eventual resignation of President Tim Wolfe, but the events at the University of Missouri, and at universities across the country, cannot be viewed outside of their political and social contexts.

The events that precipitated Wolfe’s resignation were set into motion long before he assumed the presidency. Racism at Mizzou didn’t begin with Tim Wolfe’s tenure, and it will not end with his resignation. Nor will the other demands of Concerned Student 1950, if they are met, mean anything resembling a renaissance in the racial politics of the university.

There is no diversity curriculum that would stop a hate-filled person from smearing a feces-encrusted swastika symbols on the wall of a dormitory. That is not a micro aggression. It is act of terrorism. Similarly, there is no amount of African-American teachers that would automatically foster an atmosphere of inclusion for students that continue to feel unsafe on their own campus.

Uniquely as HBCU students, we may be equipped to understand the racism at Mizzou. Mizzou is not racist because of

any lack of power and privilege workshops or “safe spaces” on campus. The racism at the University of Missouri is a reflection – a symptom – of the racism inherent to American society. The lessons that can be taken from the incidents at the University of Missouri will never be learned until America itself takes a long hard look at the assumptions it makes about race, class, privilege and poverty – not just within higher education, but at a national level. Frankly, I’m skeptical that it will happen anytime soon.

All we can do, as Howard students, as African Americans, as concerned citizens, is disperse all of our support between students at Mizzou and to other institutions, and let them know that we stand with them in solidarity. All we can do is continue the struggle, and continue to stand against acts of hate and oppression wherever we see them, and hope for the best. I wish I had a rosier outlook, but a rosy perspective would not reflect the grim reality that marginalized people face every day.

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SPEAK OUT: POLICE BRUTALITY Dayesha Sims, Contributing Writer

Ivanna Storms-Thompson , a sophomore Biology/ Political Science major

“Police brutality stems from the police being power hungry

and wanting control. The world is based upon power, and the

police take total advantage of it by killing, harming and beating

our black brothers and sisters. It’s possible to get rid of police brutality, but it’s going to take a long time because we are the minority race and white people need to realize that yes all lives

matter- but only the black lives are in jeopardy.”

Jordan Washington, a sophomore legal communications major

“Police brutality is a topic that has gone on for long time, but it

is creating a productive change on violence on society. I don’t think

that police brutality will stop or decrease because we need change

in the world we live in today. Violence only creates violence.

When you fight with your siblings, they will hit you back. Also the

officers need to be re-trained because they have the wrong

mindset.”

Isaiah Payne, a sophomore political science major from Baltimore

“We need better leadership in the Black community because

we are lost when it comes to the ‘Black Lives Matter’ Movement. There is a system in the countries

fabrication and manipulation, and blacks are 13 percent of the

national population and 40 percent of the jail population. Black

people are three times likely to be killed than a white person.

Struggling, ghetto kids grow up in poverty, and not able to find a

decent job is the stereotype for blacks in America. The death of Blacks should be acknowledged

instead of thrown in a pile like dead chickens. When a Black man dies, racist acts turn in to terrorism

such as the KKK. The media neglects the fact it’s not about

the crime, but their reasoning for committed the crime.”

Trevon Rooney, a senior mechanical engineering major

Abigail Ezedonmwedi, a sophomore mechanical engineer major

Kyela’ Wilson, a senior broadcast journalism major

“The media makes it out to be more than it is suppose to be

which is good. There’s camera in the police cars that can record the activity of the police officer.

However, they have the power to get rid of the evidence. The cops are found not guilty for their act

of injustice. It is times to start making examples of some of

theses cops. They will continue killing and continue getting away

if we do not put a stop to their illegal terrorist actions.”

“I’m scared that we will see history keep repeating itself.

Those who are Black with power such as the president,

politicians and activists aren’t doing what they can for the

greater good of the Black race. In Boston, I see more unity with Hispanics than Black

people”.

“Police brutality is nothing new. Unfortunately, there

is nothing that can be done unless extreme measures are

taken. Black women are a huge target, and so many people are

focused on Black men going through police brutality. In

reality there are many black women dying due to the police-

just like Sandra Bland.”

JAMAR CLARK: ANOTHER BROTHER BRUTALIZED BY POLICEMaiyah MayhanStaff Writer

Early Sunday, Nov.15, 2015, Minneapolis Police shot 24-year-old Jamar

Clark due to what they called a “scuffle” that broke out in response to Clark allegedly interfering with paramedics responding to an assault call. Witnesses say that Clark was unarmed and posed no threat, due to unconfirmed allegations that Clark was handcuffed at the time of the shooting. Following the shooting, the Minneapolis Police Department confiscated all video evidence of those at the scene, in accordance to their claim of having no dash-cam or body-cam video evidence. Clark was put on life support and has since then been taken off by family members.

This has sparked a number protests from the ‘Black Lives Matter’ demonstrators, who’ve disrupted traffic by demonstrating on Minneapolis’s Interstate 94 and are camping outside of Minneapolis Police Department’s 4th Precinct building. Minneapolis mayor, Betsy Hodges, has requested a Federal Civil Rights investigation since Clark’s shooting.

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VAR IET YsFashion Show Features First Black Model With Natural Hairs

Montana CouserContributing Writer

Every year the Victoria Secret Fashion Show has social media buzzing. It started with the anticipation of Kendall Jenner’s and GiGi Hadid’s debut on

the runway. The two girls are fairly new to the modeling world but have proved that they were worthy to walk this years show. Other than the new models the Victoria Secret Fashion show has always been the platform for “fi rst times.”

This year, model Maria Borges was the fi rst black model to wear her natural hair. Many are arguing that Maria isn’t technically the fi rst to rock her real hair because supermodel Alek Wek walked with long braids in the early 2000s and in 2006 Ajuma Nasenyana showed off her shaved head. There were forty-four models walking in this years show and out of those models only eight were black and Borges was the only one who wore her natural hair. Borges has walked in the show three times now and this was the fi rst time that she debuted her natural hair vs. her usual extensions. Maria told entertainment news reporter B. Scott,“I told my agent

I wanted to walk in the Victoria’s Secret show with my natural hair. I was nervous, but I had to do it. When they said, ‘yes’ I didn’t expect it, but I was so happy!” Maria has given other black models the courage to rock their natural hair and in the years to come I’m sure they will do so.

Maria enjoyed her time at this years show especially because she got to spend more time with the models backstage because she says, “I literally spent 10 seconds at the hair station backstage.” This was a memorable show for everyone because each year unlocks a news surprise, as well as the company letting each girl represent themselves.

“I’d like to thank Victoria’s Secret for giving me the opportunity to help women around the globe embrace their own beauty, it was important [to have this moment] but it mostly felt natural. To me, it was the right thing to do. Being yourself is always the right thing to do. By being yourself, I mean choosing the hairstyle that you want, not what people ask you to do in order to be beautiful or sexy in their eyes.” -Maria Borges

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SPO R T SHoward

Battles But Falls Short in Road Loss To

RutgersHU Bison

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ---James “J-Byrd” Daniel, III scored a game-high 21 points and James “JT” Miller and Damon Miller added 14 and 10, respectively but it was not enough to overcome a second half spurt and strong bench play as Howard fell, 82-70 to Rutgers (2-0) in the Men Speak Up Main Event at the RAC. The Bison (0-2) stayed close throughout on the scoring of Daniel, Collins and Kofi Andoh. Trailing 35-27 at the half, Howard cut the deficit to three on three different occasions in the second half, but each time, the Scarlet Knights (2-0) would have an answer. Deshawn Freeman, Corey Sanders and DJ Freeman took turns scoring key baskets or making free throws each time the Bison would try to put a dent in the deficit. “Our guys gave as much effort as they could against a physical Big Ten team on the road,” said Howard head coach Kevin Nickelberry. “If you would have told me that we would have the same number of field goals, the same number of three pointers made and less turnovers than them before the game, I probably would have thought that we had won the game. But we experienced the same disparity in free throws again today and that was the difference in the game.” Daniel, who was shackled with three first half fouls, scored Howard’s first three points of the second half but went scoreless over a substantial period. “Give Rutgers credit for making some adjustments,” said Nickelberry. “They trapped Daniel with two people in the

second half to slow us down. That is something we will have to address in practice this week.”

Collins, Andoh and Solomon Mangham took up the slack. Collins came into the game averaging a little under five points while Andoh, a seldom-used player last season, had perhaps his best game to date with nine points and six rebounds. Mangham came off the bench to score five points, all in the second half and three rebounds. “Miller got in early foul trouble, but we were able to stay in the game with some good contributions from Andoh with his energy and (Solomon) Mangham making some key shots,” noted Nickelberry. In addition to Daniels’ 21 points, the junior guard from Hampton, VA, added four assists and four steals. Miller came alive late and finished with 14 after tallying 27 in Saturday’s loss at UMass. “I’m proud of these guys for coming in here and playing through some fatigue and frustration and never giving up in the second half despite playing back-to-back games

For Rutgers, Freeman had 17 points and 7 rebounds, Sanders 15 and Foreman with 13 points and 8 rebounds. The Scarlet Knights held a 41-16 advantage in points from the bench. NEXT UP: The Bison return home to host Medgar Evers College on Friday at 6 pm in Burr

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THE HILLTOP NOVEMBER 19, 2015 15SPORTS

Women’s Volleyball to Open MEAC Tournament against South

Carolina StateHU Bison

NORFOLK, VA --- The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced the pairings for this weekend’s MEAC Volleyball Tournament and the Northern Division champion Howard women’s volleyball team will begin its title quest on Friday, November 20 at 1 p.m. against South Carolina State.

If North top seed Howard (15-13, 11-1 MEAC) is able to advance past South 4-seed SCSU (4-16, 4-6 MEAC), the Bison will face the winner of South 2-seed Florida A&M and North 3-seed Maryland Eastern Shore with a bid to the Championship Game on the line.

The Bison, led by newly minted All-MEAC First Team selections Khaila Donaldson & Morgan Marlbrough, captured the top seed in the North after posting an 11-1 mark in conference play for the second straight season. Howard enters tournament play on a 10-match win streak and has won 12 out of their last 13 matches.

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