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GENEVA — The World HealthOrganization is calling onthe international communi-ty to step up its efforts todiagnose and treat tubercu-losis, noting that one-thirdof the 9 million people whofall ill with TB each yearreceive no treatment.
"Reach the 3 million" isthe slogan of this year'sworld TB day, which theWHO is observing Monday.Less than one in four peo-ple with multi-drug resist-ant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)receive timely treatment.
"Earlier and faster diag-nosis of all forms of TB isvital," said Margaret Chan,director general of theUnited Nations agency.Early diagnosis, "helps stopthe spread" of the disease,which is the No. 2 cause ofdeath from an infectiousagent, despite the fact thatmost people who are treat-ed can be cured of the dis-ease in six months. The firstleading cause of death isHIV.
In 2012, an estimated 8.6million people fell ill with
TB, including MDR-TB, and1.3 million people diedfrom TB, including 320,000who also were HIV positive,WHO said.
Eighty percent of the TBcases occur in 22 nations,with India and China hav-ing the highest caseloads,accounting for 26 percentand 12 percent of the total,respectively.
Other countries withhigh TB rates are Pakistan,Indonesia, Bangladesh,South Africa, DemocraticRepublic of the Congo, thePhilippines, Vietnam, andRussia.
According to WHO statis-tics, there were 9,945reported new and relapsedcases of TB in the UnitedStates in 2012.
New diagnostic tests areseen a major hope for com-bating TB, with new testsyielding results within twohours.
"Without diagnostics,medicine is blind," saidCatherine Boehme, chiefexecutive officer of theFoundation for InnovativeNew Diagnostics, a partnerin the WHO-led Expand-TBproject, whose goal is to
make sure the disease canbe quickly diagnosed andtreated in 27 so-called mid-dle- and low-income coun-tries.
In addition to betterdiagnostics, the projectaims to slash the price ofthe new technologies andthe costs of the screeningtests. "Increased capacityand reduced prices meanmore patients can beserved," said PhilippeMeunier, the French gov-ernment's ambassador forthe fights against HIV/AIDSand communicable dis-eases.
While TB treatmentcosts around $25 to $30 perpatient in developing coun-tries, the cost for treatingthe resistant form is muchhigher_perhaps as much as$3,000, said MarioRaviglione, who directs theWHO's global TB program.That cost skyrockets inwealthy countries, wheretreatment of drug-resistantTB can run as much as$40,000.
The countries with themost cases of drug-resistant
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APRIL 2, 2014 N O R T H C A R O L I N A C E N T R A L U N I V E R S I T Y VOLUME 105, ISSUE 91801 FAYETTEVILLE STREETDURHAM, NC 27707
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N.C. Central Universitywelcomed the arrival of itsnew chancellor in a spiritedfashion last week as pro-grams in the chancellor’shonor were hosted on cam-pus.
On April 4, ChancellorDebra Saunders-White willmake history as the firstwoman permanentlyappointed to a chancellorposition at NCCU. She isalso only the second femalechancellor to serve at any ofthe University of NorthCarolina system’s fiveHBCUs.
A Hampton, VA native,White graduated from theUniversity of Virginia in1979 with a bachelor’sdegree in history. She thenjoined IBM in 1979 as a sys-tems engineer and soonmoved to marketing whereshe assumed managerialresponsibilities for IBM’shigher education, publicsector and finance market-ing.
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EAGLES PUT NCCU ON THE MAPSenior leadership guided an inspiringEagles season. The historic run cameto a close in San Antonio but will be
remembered in the school’s record books.
NCCU Eagles in high spirits at their send-off celebration before they head off to NCAA Championships in San Antonio. Jamila Johnson/Echo staff photographer
Inside CoveragePage 10 & 11
Chancellor’s installationto make history
Events lead up to the 11th Chancellor’s Installation
TB strikes up to 9 million annually
WHO seeks better TB diagnosis, treatment
Chancellor Saunders-White stretches with students before theChancellor’s Walk.
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BY KENDRICK MOOREECHO STAFF REPORTER
The Student GovernmentAssociation elections at N.C.C e n t r a lU n i v e r s i t yare always anexciting timefor the cam-pus. Studentshave theopportunityto meet theindiv idualswho willadvocate onbehalf of thes t u d e n tbody’s voice.Among theelections thattook place was the electionof a student body president,
where two candidates lob-bied for the position.
Political science juniorNorman Jones, who is serv-ing as student body Vice
President and JuniorDerrick Hicks, former soph-
omore Class President, werethe candidates. Each candi-date had his own platform.Hicks’ platform motto was“Operate, Support, Develop
and Refined”while Jones’platform was“ G r o w t hT h r o u g hAction.”
The SGAP res ident ia ldebate tookplace on March25 at 7 p.m inthe H.M.Michaux Jr.School ofE d u c a t i o n .Both candi-dates came
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On-campus pantry to fight student hungerNCCU students will no longer have to go far to get nutritious foods and personal hygiene products.
BY MONIQUE LEWISECHO ASSISTANT EDITOR
N.C. Central Universityis putting an end to hungerin the Durham communityby starting at home.
NCCU is joining N.C.State University, MeredithCollege, Durham TechnicalCommunity College, amongother schools in the statethat have opened an on-campus food pantry to helphungry students.
The NCCU CampusPantry, located on the sec-ond floor of the DentHuman Sciences building,opened on Monday, March31 at 1:30 p.m. with a dedi-cation ceremony as part ofthe Chancellor’sInstallation week of activi-ties.
In response to the foodshortage many students atNCCU face, alumnaDeborah Taylor brought thefood pantry idea to theUniversity in the spring of
2013. Dr. Deborah Bailey,
director of the AcademicCommunity ServiceLearning Program helpedfacilitate the pantry by fol-lowing the food pantrymodel of Durham TechnicalCommunity College.
Jason O’Briant, directorof the NCCU Dietetics pro-gram, serves as the chair ofthe committee to keep itgoing.
Bailey says that hungeris not just about a lack offood; it is also about nothaving nutritious food.
“Our student body ischanging…this can be hardfor some students who haveto squeeze every pennyafter their tuition bill ispaid,” said Bailey.
Students can come intothe pantry on Tuesdaysfrom 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.and leave with the follow-ing shopping list: vegeta-bles (3), soups (2), fruit (1),dairy/PC/grain (1), miscella-
neous (1), protein (1), andstarch (1 box or 2 noodleproducts).
Personal hygiene prod-ucts are also available atthe pantry, which is whyBailey says is called a“campus pantry” instead ofa “food pantry.”
The NCCU CampusPantry relies on volunteersand donations.
NCCU Campus Pantry islooking for FoodAmbassador Volunteerswho will take inventory,restock, organize, clean,inform people about thepantry and solicit gifts offood.
The current stock of foodcomes of the NCCU campusfamily, but there are plansto partner with local farm-ers' markets and the NorthCarolina Food Bank.
The NCCU CampusPantry will add more foodoptions and hours of opera-tion to meet studentdemand.
NCCU’s Campus Pantry is one of many pantries opening on college campuses in the state.Kimane Darden/Echo staff photographer
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She would work in thecorporate sector for 15years.
She went on to earn herMBA from The College ofWilliam & Mary in 1993 andher doctorate in highereducation administrationfrom George WashingtonUniversity in 2004.
Before being appointedchancellor, Saunders-Whiteserved as assistant secre-tary for the Office ofPostsecondary Educationat the Department ofEducation.
On the NCCU News web-page, NCCU Board ofTrustees chair Dwight D.Perry said ChancellorSaunders-White’s appoint-ment “a momentous occa-sion in the history of theUniversity.”
NCCU’s installationweek started on SaturdayMarch 29 with aChancellor’s Walk andrededication of a trail inhonor of ChancellorSaunders-White.
The one and a half longtrail was established April1st, 2006 to help combat theincrease of obesity andinactivity in college stu-dents.
Public health professorLaVerne Reid founded thetrail in 2006. She saidNCCU has responded wellto the trail.
“We’ve had wonderfulsupport,” Reid said, addingthat more funding from theuniversity is needed to con-tinue the success of thetrail.
Reid also called therededication of the trail inhonor of the first femalechancellor a “triumph” andsaid it shows “the universi-ty’s commitment to thewellness of its students,faculty and staff.”
She said the campus hasevolved to include variousforms of wellness but a col-laborative effort between
all university departmentsmust happen in order forthe trail to experience con-tinued success.
Later that night, at theSchool of Education, stu-dents squared off in adebate over the future ofHBCUs in America.Charles Gray, Trey Jeffriesand Keisha Morris of thepolitical science depart-ment faced off against KiaDebnam, Katina Harris andChristopher Nixon of thepsychology department.
The event, “The GreatDebate: Survival ofHBCUs,” addressed ques-tions such as whether ornot African-Americansshould be the primary con-stituency of HBCUs andwhether or not HBCUs areconstitutional under thelaw.
After a tense and heateddebate, it was the psycholo-gy department studentswho took first place.
After the program, SGApresident Stefan Weatherssaid discussions over thefuture of HBCUs are rarelyacknowledged on collegecampuses.
“We don’t often highlightthese types of discussions,”Weathers said.
“This is what we shouldbe rewarding. This is howwe grow as an institution.This is how we grow as apeople.”
Director of Student LifeAssessment Tia MarieDoxey said hosting studentdebates on campus helpsthe intellectual climate ofthe school.
“It’s a wonderful oppor-tunity to demonstrate theability to have dialogue anddiscourse,” she said.
Of NCCU appointing itsfirst permanent femalechancellor, Doxey said it isindicative of NCCU’s stan-dard of achievement.
“I think it shows thatNCCU exudes eagle excel-
lence,” she said.“Eagle excellence is
inclusive excellence andwe have to model that inour leadership.”
The next day, an inter-faith service was held inthe McDougald-McLendongymnasium in honor ofChancellor Saunders-White.
Leaders from many tri-angle church services, fromJewish to Bahá’í, came tooffer prayers of support tothe new chancellor.
The keynote speaker,Judge Penny ReynoldsBrown, galvanized theaudience with her powerfulsermon.
“I’ve been called topreach, not to speak,”Brown said.
Brown said the currenttimes call for bold leader-ship and urged students toview the chancellor as arole model.
“You want to see a trueblack woman? Chancellorstand up,” Brown said.
Brown also saidChancellor Saunders-White’sgender is a non-factor inher leadership.
“Your gender should notand will not make a differ-ence,” she said.
“You have a propheticdestiny. Now let’s get towork.”
After Brown’s speech,the chancellor offered herown words.
“I am truly honored toserve North CarolinaCentral University,” shesaid.
She said although shewas being installed, thatwas not where the focusshould be.
“It’s not about me,” shesaid. “It’s about this place.Because North CarolinaCentral University was andremains the gateway ofopportunity for America.”
Hicks takes SGApresidential seat
Hicks plans to operate, support, develop and refine
Derrick Hicks speaks at the presidential debate night in H.M. Michaux School of Education, March 25.KIMANE DARDEN/Echo staff photographer
“My goal is to develop initiativesthat will increase student morale
and to create an atmosphere wherestudents can thrive.”
DERRICK HICKS
SGA PRESIDENT
BY ALEX SAMPSONECHO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
For Durham nativeLewis Little, starting col-lege was no different thanfor any other incomingfreshman. Little enteredN.C. Central University in2012 as a teenager trying tofigure out what he wantedto get out of college.
Little had his mind seton a career as a lawyer, butwasn’t sure what path totake. After some confusion,he switched his major frompolitical science to masscommunication.
Like most incoming stu-dents, Little spent hisfreshman year adjusting toa new environment andenjoying a year that hedescribed as “fantastic.”
In 2013, Lewis returnedto NCCU as a young mantrying to pick up the piecesof a publicly tarnished rep-utation.
A Google search wouldreveal his name and arrestrecord, mug shot and arti-cles on WRAL, the News &Observer and ABC11 abouthis alleged involvement ina home invasion.
One would be less likelyto find articles concerninghis innocence.
Wrong place, wrong timeLittle remembers June
20, 2013 as an “absolutelynormal day.” He said it wasa hot, summer day that heand his friends spentcooped up in the house.
After lying around one ofhis friend’s houses for mostof the day, the group decid-ed they needed to go out.
“That was actually whatsparked it,” Little said.
Little said they left theMews Apartments around11 p.m. to drive toTimberstone Apartments inNortheast Durham, theside of town that Little isfrom.
Packed into one car, thegroup of six friends droveacross town.
As they approached theapartments, Little said theysaw a form lying in the mid-dle of the road. They quick-ly realized it wasn’t roadkill; instead, it was ahuman body.
“It was inevitable for usto see him,” Little said.
Little and his friends gotout of their car to check onthe man. Little said hecouldn’t tell what waswrong with the man, butthat he was making awheezing sound. Carefulnot to touch him, Littleencouraged the man to getup.
Despite opposition fromhis friends, Little calledthe police, who had alreadybeen informed of the situa-tion. He decided to stay atthe scene.
Little said the policearrived soon after andbegan to investigate. Whatfollowed was unexpected.
“A white officer walkedup to me and I was walkingtowards him … and Ithought I was about toexplain myself and he kindof pushed my left shoulder,turned me around andstarted to handcuff me,”Little said.
Little was taken toDurham PoliceHeadquarters where hewas read his rights. He saidhe invoked his 5thAmendment rights out offear.
Around 7 a.m. the nextday, Little was taken to theDurham County Jail. Atthat point, he said he wasexhausted and in shock.
Little was charged withfirst-degree burglary, twocounts of first-degree kid-napping, one count offelony conspiracy andthree counts of assault witha deadly weapon withintent to kill.
He was subsequentlyincarcerated under a $1.4million secured bond.
Lewis said he wasplaced under 23-hour lock-down. After sleeping off hisexhaustion, he was left sit-ting in a room with just thewalls and his thoughts. Heoften jumped up to lookoutside the tiny window ofhis cell but could only holdhimself up for several sec-onds before falling backdown.
“Days seemed likeyears,” Little said.
The then 19-year-old hadnever been in jail or hadissues with authorities, sothe experience was confus-ing. Little went a whilewithout showering becausehe didn’t realize at firstthat he could only takeshowers in the one hour hewas allowed outside hiscell.
When Little wasremoved from lockdown, hesaid he thought he wasbeing released. However,he was only being placedwith the general popula-tion.
On July 15, Little wastold to pack up. Instead ofpacking, he went back tohis room and lay downbefore he was told to packup again.
“I was trying my best toget ready before they real-ized they made a mistake.”
After going through themotions, Little said theprospect of being releasedwas too good to be true.
That day, his chargeswere dropped.
Little remembers thatday as being hot.
“That was the first time Isweated in like a month.”
Grisly discoveryLittle wouldn’t find out
until later that the body thefriends had happened uponwas Michael Lee, 25, ofWest Club Boulevard.
Not long before theymade the grisly discovery,Lee and several other
armed men had broken intothe home of Ronald LeeSnipes Sr. of MelbourneStreet.
According to policereports, Snipes’ wife,Brenda, was held at gun-point while the suspectsasked for her son. She wasreleased when her soncame out of the back bed-room. Brenda lay on theground after hearing multi-ple gunshots.
According to DurhamPolice Chief Jose Lopez,Ronald Lee Snipes Jr. shotLee, who collapsed outside.
Lopez said the home-owner gave a physicaldescription of one of theattackers prior to seeingLittle.
He described the sus-pect as a dark-skinnedblack male with dreadlockswearing black shorts with ared stripe down the side.He then pointed Lewis outin the crowd of onlookers.
According to court docu-ments, Little’s case was dis-missed due to an error inthe witness statement.
No one else has beenidentified in connectionwith the home invasion.
Systemic abuse?The story of Little’s
incarceration gained atten-
tion when Durham activistand writer Lamont Lillywrote a piece entitled “OneMonth a Slave” in February2014.
“Lewis Little is just onecase,” Lilly said.
Lilly sees similaritiesbetween Little’s case andthe cases of Jose Ocampo,Jesus Huerta andStephanie Nickerson.
“There’s obviously a sys-temic issue here of abuse,of not respecting certaincommunities,” Lilly said.
“It just so happens thatthe people who have suf-fered these tragic situa-tions involving the DurhamPolice Department, it justso happens none of themare white.”
Lopez said the DurhamPolice Department is notthe corrupt entity that peo-ple make it out to be.
“The reality is that thisorganization is working in amorally correct way,”Lopez said.
Lopez said severalthings need to be clearedup in response to Lilly’sarticle, one of whichincludes the reason Littlewas charged.
“Lewis Little was neverarrested for murder,”Lopez said.
“The charges were what
was believed to be hisinvolvement in the inva-sion.”
Lopez also stated thatthere is no officer by thename of K. Hempstead.According to court docu-ments, Keith Hempsteadwas the magistrate.
A damaged reputationLittle was released in
time to register for classesat NCCU. The sophomore isfocusing on his educationand progressing but saidthe situation still hurts.
Little said he was unableto find a job because of thearrest. He’s now attemptingto get his record expunged.
Little said that afterbeing released, he receivedan apology from the districtattorney, but he said hedeserves more than apolo-gy.
While he isn’t sure whathe wants to happen, Littlesaid he wants justice.
“It’ll take much morethan that to reconcile thepain I feel,” he said.
Little said he’s keepinghis head up and remainsdetermined.
“It encouraged me towork 10 ten times harderand prove everyonewrong,” Little said.
“I’m still not giving up.”
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“A white officer walked up to me and I was walkingtowards him ... and I thought I was about to explain
myself and he kind of pushed my left shoulder, turned mearound and started to handcuff me.”
LEWIS LITTLE
MASS COMMUNICATION SOPHOMORE
Student reflects on wrongful imprisonmentLewis Little was imprisoned in 2013 for a crime he didn’t commit
Lewis Little, an NCCU mass comunication sophomore, spent one month in jail after calling the police about an injured man on Melbourne Street.
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Deadlines for study abroad applications
• Two NCCU students have been awarded scholarships from Duke
University to participate in the 2014 Duke in Ghana summer program.
The students are Nyaira Hood who is majoring in Public Health; and
Destiny Owens who is majoring in History and Mass Communication.
Congratulations, Nyaira and Destiny!
•To study abroad in the spring semester September 1
•To study abroad in the summer, fall, or an academic year February 15
• First Thursday study abroad information session – April 3, May 1. 10:40
break, Lee Biology, 202
• Academic unit/class/Small group/study abroad information sessions are
available on request
• Departure Orientation for students studying abroad summer and fall
2014 – Thurs March 27, 10:00-12:30 p.m. Lee Biology, 202
STUDY ABROAD
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Contact Dr. Olivia Metzger Jones at [email protected] or 919.530.7713
Resource• Copies of “A Student Guide to Study Abroad,” an IIE and AIFS publica-
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prepared to answer thequestions and explain whythey were eligible to becomethe next Student BodyPresident. The candidatesaddressed campus issuessuch as student morale, aca-demic retention and studentlack of knowledge aboutcampus resources.
Voting took place March26, 2014.
Hicks was elected thenext Student BodyPresident for the 2014-2015academic school year.
Hicks described hisvision for his upcomingterm.
“My goal is to develop ini-tiatives that will increasestudent morale and to cre-ate an atmosphere wherestudents can thrive,” hesaid.
“Also to make sure that Iadvocate, defend andrespond to student rightsand concerns. I will helpany student who feels likethey have been mistreatedunfairly.”
During the electionOlivia Robison was electedas the new student bodyVice President for the 2014-2015 academic school year. Tania Irwin was elected asMiss NCCU and DemarreRichmond was elected asMr. NCCU.
Derrick Hicks (top) and NormanJones (bottom). Kimane Darden/
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NOTICE OF PARTISAN PRIMARY, SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION Polling Location Changes and Early Voting Schedule
May 6, 2014 The Partisan Primary and School Board Election will be held in Durham County, NC on Tuesday May 6, 2014. All Durham County precincts will be open from 6:30 am until 7:30 pm. A photo ID is not required for this election but will be required for all elections beginning in 2016.
All 17 year old voters who are registered and will be 18 on or before November 4th may vote in the Primary.
A voter’s party affiliation and residential address will determine their ballot style. Voters registered as Republican, Democratic or Libertarian must vote the ballot for their party. Unaffiliated voters will choose one of the party ballots or a ballot containing only non-partisan contests. To view your correct ballot style go to https://www.ncsbe.gov/webapps/voter_search/
The following contests will be on the ballots:
One Stop No Excuse Absentee Voting will be held at:
Voters who are currently registered need not re-register. Registered voters who have moved or changed other information since the last election should notify the Board of Elections of that change by Friday, April 11, 2014. Same day registration is no longer allowed during the early voting period. The polling location for the following precincts has changed: Precinct 24 Precinct 30-1 FROM: Hillandale Elementary School FROM: Oak Grove Elementary School
TO: DPS Staff Development Center TO: East Regional Library 2107 Hillandale Rd. 211 Lick Creek Lane
Precinct 33 Precinct 32 FROM: Lowes Grove Middle School FROM: Neal Middle School
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Speaker encourages sisterhoodNCCU instructor empowers young women at Student African American Sisterhood event
BY ALEXANDRIA GLENNECHO ONLINE EDITOR
On March 25 at 8:30 p.m.,N.C. Central University’sStudent African AmericanSisterhood (S.A.A.S) hosted“A Saasy Night” in theStudent Union to raisemoney for the new organiza-tion and to bring a sense ofsisterhood to all women oncampus.
Although young womenwere the targets of the eventmen were welcomed.
Criminal justice sopho-more Quansuella Miller andSAAS president BrittanyJackson invited vendors, per-formers and speakers to par-ticipate.
Nia Sutton, public healtheducation junior, opened theshow by performing herpoem “Freedom.”
Shelvia Dancy, an NCCUadjunct instructor, law stu-dent and alumna, was thefeatured speaker.
Dancy began with a videoof herself as a televisionanchor.
She encouraged audiencemembers to chase theirdreams and not let others’
opinions or judgments affecthow they think or feel aboutthemselves.
Dancy, a former anchorfor ABC News 14, also hasworked for Oxygen, TVDNews, Discovery Channeland WPTY in Memphis.
“The idea of empoweringwomen is very dear to myheart,” she said.
She explained how pastgenerations of women did
not have the same opportuni-ties as women today.
“We are a phenomenalgroup.
“We are phenomenalwomen.
“And because of that, weshould reject the labels soci-ety tries to put on us and weshouldn’t let anyone tell uswho we are.”
Dancy added that womenneed to empower each otherinstead of breaking eachother down.
“What empowers her,empowers you, empowersme,” she said.
Dancy encouraged thecrowd filled with youngwomen to look at a failure ina different light.
“I never failed,” she said.
“I just found a thousandways that didn’t work.”
She said she wanted audi-ence members to walk awayfrom the program recogniz-ing who they are, honoring
who they are, believing inwho they are and neverunderestimating themselves.
After Dancy’s speech, for-mer NCCU student MeshachChavis performed his spoken
word piece. Former NCCU student TJ
Walker performed a gospelpiece about uplifting women.
The event concluded witha male fashion show titled
“The Gentleman’s Club.” After the event, Jackson
said she was pleased withthe outcome of the event andshe was grateful for the sup-port.
Shelvia Dancy, NCCU mass communication instructor and featured speaker at Student African American Sisterhood’s event “A Saasy Night” onMarch 29, stressed self-motivation and self confidence.
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“We are a phenomenal group. We are phenome-nal women. And because of that, we should reject
the labels society tries to put on us and weshouldn’t let anyone tell us who we are.”
SHELVIA DANCY
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR
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Netus Madiode, 17, is photographed May 4, 2010, before his spine surgery at Thomas JeffersonUniversity Hospital in Philadelphia. A tuberculosis infection had festered in Madiode's spine for
two years or more, eating away at ligaments and disks between his vertebrae. APRIL SAUL/Philadelphia Inquirer(MCT)
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TB can run as much as$40,000.
The countries with themost cases of drug-resistantTB are India, with 16,588cases, Russia, with 13,612,South Africa, with 15,419,and Ukraine, which has6,934, according to WHO sta-tistics.
The Expand-TB projecthas brought down the cost ofdrugs needed to treat drug-resistant TB by 32 percent,said Joel Keravec, who man-ages drug procurement for
the Global Drug Facility, aU.S.-sponsored clearing-house for purchasing anddistribution of TB treat-ments.
The Expand-TB projectalso has reduced the cost ofthe equipment needed todiagnose TB, from $70,000 to$16,000, under an agreementbetween the UNITAID, theinternational agency creat-ed to handle such purchas-es, the U.S. and the Bill andMelinda Gates Foundation.Currently only one company,
Xpert, manufactures theequipment for rapid diagno-sis of MDR-TB, but thedevelopment of new tech-nologies are expected to endthat monopoly and driveprices lower.
For now, drug-resistantTB remains a small part ofinfections in wealthy coun-tries, but that trend may nothold. Raviglione said ratesof drug-resistant TB infec-tion are increasing inSweden, Austria, Finlandand Great Britain.
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I’m walking down
Junction Boulevard.
An old man asks
¿Conoces a Cristo?
He must think I’m
Dominican because of my
dark hair and skin color.
I smile and shake my
head hoping that he’s not
offended by my silence.
I am surrounded by the
blaring sirens of NYPD,
the grating sounds of the
7 train braking above me
at Junction Station, and
the endless honking of
enraged drivers.
I felt something over-
whelming blossom in my
chest: pride. I am home.I am in the most east-
ern of New York City’s fiveboroughs. I am inQueens. SpecificallyJackson Heights, Queens.
Hundredsof millions and millionshave passed throughQueens, but they hardlyknow it. Queens is hometo La Guardia and JFK air-ports.
Queens is home to 2.3
million. Home to
untamed, urban gardens
and loitering, mischie-
vous youth outside local
bodegas.
In Queens you can walk
down one street and be
swallowed by bustling
commuters. A moment
later you are totally alone
and surrounded by tower-
ing bricks standing ever
sentinel.
Traverse down old
Jackson Heights and you
stand witness to the con-
flation of antiquity and
modernity.
There’s the hushed
Hebrew spilling from the
synagogues in Forest
Hills. There’s Arabic drift-
ing from a mosque in
Long Island City. There’s
Spanish emanatting from
La Abundancia, a popular
bakery. Devour the smells
of grilled hotdogs with
tangy sauerkraut, or
stand clear of the pun-
gent, overwhelming smell
of fresh fish at the Asian
market.
Queens is the most eth-
nically diverse urban area
in the world. Italians,
Senegalese, Ecuadorians,
Russians, Swedes,
Liberians, Mexicans,
Koreans, Nigerians and
more. Queens is a fasci-
nating and gigantic cul-
tural pie.
Almost half of the bor-
oughs’ residents are for-
eign born. Linguists esti-
mate that 138 languages
are spoken in Queens, a
mere 112 square miles.
I love Queens. Queens is
the Future.
The 7 train can take you to Time Square and back.
Photos and story by Kimane Darden
Along the Garden City Trail, one will find architecture decades old.
Want to go to Manhattan? Jump on the 7. It’ll take you about 15 minutes.
A highrise in the primarily Jewish neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens.
This ‘Queens Is The Future’ mural plasters a local school’s handball court wall. Sabrett Hotdog vendors are a popular lunch stop for Jackson Heights locals.
Gentrification surrounds the stairway to my grandfather’s house on Junction Boulevard.
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9 A&EN 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
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 , 2014Campus Echo
BY LEAH MONTGOMERYECHO A&E EDITOR
On Saturday, March 29,the Durham branch of theWorkers World Party assem-bled to focus on building aSouthern movement for rev-olution and socialism.
The conference, “HardTimes are Fighting Times,”was held at the DurhamCounty Main Library.
The event includedspeakers from the SouthernWorkers Assembly, BlackLeft Unity Network, FightImperialism—StandTogether and the People’sPower Assembly.
After the speakers, break-out sessions explored ideasabout what it means to be arevolutionary today.
Later, workshopsexplored such issues as end-ing the war on youth of color,police brutality, revolution-ary cultural organizing andthe hypocrisy of U.S. imperi-alism.
Zaina Alsous of theDurham WWP opened herdiscussion, “New Paths toPower,” with a recap ofOperation Dixie, the tobaccoworkers’ demonstrations of1943-1950.
At the time, R.J. Reynoldshad the largest tobacco man-ufacturing facility in theworld, with some 12,000employees, two-thirds ofwhom were African-American; more than halfwere women.
Black workers were givenlow-paying jobs and werelabeled unskilled, whilewhite workers got the skilledjobs
Operation Dixie laid thefoundation for the formationof Local 22, the Food,Tobacco, Agricultural andAllied Workers of AmericaUnion.
Operation Dixie laterplayed an important role inthe civil rights movement.
First Secretary of WorkerWorld Party Larry Holmesdiscussed why he thoughtcapitalism is at a dead end.
Holmes argued that work-ing class leaders havebecome complacent.
“The working class lead-ers need something to jumpup in their face to see any-thing going wrong,” saidHolmes.
“They are too invested incapital, in the stability.
“But there is no stabilityanymore, so things arechanging.”
Holmes said organizedworkers must embracemigrant workers, the LGBTcommunity, black people,Latino people and unem-ployed workers.
“What is frustrating to meis that they’re seen as sepa-rate movements and not asimportant, absolutely neces-sary sub-divisions within alarger movement,” he said.
Rayn Cornielle, a memberof Fight Imperialism—Stand
Together, the New Yorkbranch of a revolutionarysocialist youth organization,told a story about a Latinowoman working in aManhattan bakery who wasphysically and mentallyabused by her employersand taunted by co-workers.
Her employer struck herin front of customers.
Cornielle said the womanwas afraid to speak upbecause she was undocu-mented.
Even though she spokelittle English, the womanreached out to Cornielle andconnected her situation tocapital patriarchy.
At the same session,University of Greensborostudent Dhruv Pathak spokeabout student debt and itsconnection to a capitalisteconomy.
“The university is a toolthat perpetuates global capi-talism,” said Pathak.
“[It] turns students intoconsumers.
“[The] free market givesfreedom to step over oneanother and compete for lowpaying jobs,” said Pathak.
“It also disproportionate-ly affects black and womenstudents.”
Pathak advised studentsto organize, to do theirresearch and to have a clearmessage.
“I just want to connecthow important the studentmovement is to what thelabor movement is becomingright now,” he said.
After the workshops,Duke students DestinyHemphill and Gao Chia-Renperformed.
Chia-Ren recited a poemabout the death of his broth-er, a victim of a police shoot-ing in New York City.
He said he held his dyingbrother in his arms for 40minutes before the ambu-lance arrived.
He had to pay $180 for hisbrother’s ashes.
Chia-Ren said he wore hisbrother’s blood-stainedclothing for days to protestpolice brutality.
During the closing plena-ry, Oakland, Calif. residentJeralynn Blueford spokeabout the death of her 18-year-old son Alan, who wasmurdered by an Oaklandpolice officer in 2012.
The officer, Miguel Masso,said he and his partner, JoeFesmire, saw Blueford mak-ing a drug transaction withtwo other young men
Masso thought Bluefordwas concealing a gun in hiswaistband. The two officerssecured the three boys.
According to Masso’s tes-timony, Blueford fled, buteventually fell to the ground,pulling out a handgun andpointing it at Masso.
Masso fired four shots —three to Blueford’s body, andone to his own foot.
Masso was not chargedfor the murder.
The Blueford family hadto sue the city of Oakland fora police report.
“It’s outrageous to me toaccept the notion that onone or two occasions thisyoung man pointed a gun ata police officer and didn'tshoot,” said the family’s civilrights attorney, John Burris.
“Racially profile, stop andfrisk, murder and kill,” saidJeralynn Blueford.
“There’s no jury, no pros-ecutor, no judge, no bill ofrights to protect us.”
Blueford said she sat atthe police station for anhour before anyone wouldspeak to her about her son’sdeath.
She said the justice sys-tem has written off the casebecause of its dehumanizingimage of an unloved, father-less black boy.
“Justice is dumb, blindand deaf. Justice, you’re fullof shit,” said Blueford.
“Justice is for those whocan pay for it.”
Some people, it seems,are simply not old enoughfor justice.
According to QasimaWizeman, a senior at CherryHigh School in Raleigh,Selina Garcia, a 17-year-oldfoster child, was arrestedMarch 7 by a school policeofficer after a fight on theschool bus.
There were no seriousinjuries, but Garcia wasgiven a five-day suspension.
Wizeman said the arrest-ing officer decided that thesuspension was not enoughand that he wanted to “teachher a lesson.”
He arrested Garcia onmisdemeanor counts of dis-orderly conduct and commu-nicating threats.
Garcia was taken to theWake County DetentionCenter on Hammond Roadin Raleigh.
Wizeman said the officerprobably thought Garcia’sparents would pick her upthere.
She was never picked up,however, and because shewas too young to sign herselfout, Garcia spent 20 days injail before she was released.
“The judge ruled that sheshould be kept in jail until aplacement was found for herand that jail would be her
temporary home,” saidWizeman.
Wizeman said she andother students from NorthCarolina Heroes EmergingAmong Teens sent letters tothe Wake County Courthouseand social services, and toGarcia herself to try to haveher released.
“Selina’s in high schooland is a minor but somehowshe’s old enough to be in anadult jail,” said Wizeman.
“Even though I’m nolonger a minor, I wasn’t evenallowed near her when shewent to jail.”
Selina was freed March27.
She told the judge sheplanned to do better.
The “Hard Times areFighting Times” conferenceclosed with a video presen-tation by socially consciousrap artist Jasiri X.
X recounted the testi-monies and atrocities he hadwitnessed during a seven-day visit to Palestine.
That evening, X, alongwith Leila Nur and theBeatnam Vets, performedtheir culturally aware musicat Cuban Revolution restau-rant in downtown Durham.
Capitalism is dead Building a Southern movement for revolution and socialism
BY LEAH MONTGOMERYECHO A&E EDITOR
Ernest Oliphant, artist,active community memberand close friend of N.C.Central University’s depart-ment of art, died Monday,Feb. 17.
“He was … a real good-spirited person,” saidConnie Floyd, associateprofessor and chair of thedepartment of art.
Floyd said he metOliphant, who had been atNCCU since the 1970s as an“honorary Eagle,” some-where between the lateeighties and early nineties.
A Durham native,Oliphant worked withMelvin Carver, art professorand former chair, at a carwash on Chapel Hill Streetwhen they were teenagers.
Carver and Oliphantrenewed their friendshipwhen Oliphant stopped byCarver’s T-shirt shop, ZebraTints, and began workingfor Carver until the shopclosed and Carver cameback to work at NCCU.
Carver lost connectionwith Oliphant untilOliphant paid him a visitand re-kindled the friend-ship around 2007.
“He asked ‘what aboutsitting in some classes?’and I said, well, we normal-ly don’t do that,” saidCarver. “But I knew thatEarnest was sort of spe-cial…I also knew that hedidn’t have the money topay the tuition.”
Carver did, however,allow Oliphant to sit in on afew printmaking and draw-ing classes where hebefriended and inspiredstudents.
Floyd pointed out a stackof freshly shipped boxes ofart materials he ordered forOliphant just a monthbefore his unexpecteddeath.
“He was passionateabout learning, he was pas-sionate about screen print-ing, passionate about justmaking art period,” saidFloyd
Floyd said Oliphantcould often be caughtsketching portraits of peo-ple and animals in his freetime which he frequentlydistributed.
“It didn’t make him anydifference who it was, buthe would just draw,” saidCarver.
Oliphant’s second pas-sion was bicycling; he wasthe first person to bike fromDurham to Georgia.
Oliphant developed dia-betes in his 40s causing himnear-blindness in one eyeand he often passed out.
“He said he wasn’t doingwell,” said Floyd. “And sureenough, after that conversa-tion, Earnest did pass out.”
Oliphant’s funeral washeld on Monday, Mar. 3.
“We were saddened tofind that he passed awayand we were not madeaware of it,” said Carver.“We found out the day thathe was buried.”
Sharada Fozard-McCall,visual communicationssophomore, wanted to getOliphant’s story out to thepublic in hopes that peoplehave closure and pay theirrespects.
Oliphant gained recogni-tion by the Durham artscommunity after his partici-pation in the “Truth toPower” show at PleiadesFine Art Gallery which ranlast year from Aug. 16- Sept.15. His work will also fea-ture in the “Local Flavor”show at Pleiades as tributeto his friendship and fellowpassion for art.
The exhibition runs fromApril 1st-May 10th and thegallery will also host aThird Friday reception onApril 18th from 6-9 pm.
An unfinishedsketch
Photo courtesy of throughthislensblog.blogspot.com
Left: Jasiri X, left, performs his work at the Cuban Revolution restaurant March 29. Right: Duke student Gao Chia-Ren reciting the poem on the death of his brother.
LEAH MONTGOMERY/Echo A&E editor
“Justice is dumb, blind and deaf. Justice, you’re full of shit,” said Bluford.
“Justice is for those who can pay for it.”JERALYNN BLUEFORD
MOTHER OF ALAN BLUFORD
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The Eagles have landedNCCU’s historic season comes to a close
NCCU men’s basketball team celebrates after their victory in the MEAC Conference tournament Photo courtesy of NCCU Athletics
BY ROBERT LEWISECHO CO-SPORTS EDITOR
After soaring high for muchof the 2013-2014 men’s basket-ball season, the N.C. CentralUniversity men’s basketballteam’s march to the NCAAtournament came to an endMarch 21. Their campaign washalted by the third seededIowa St. Cyclones in SanAntonio by a score of 95-73.However, the score doesn’treflect the success the MEACchampions had over thecourse of the season.
For the first time in schoolhistory, NCCU found itself inNCAA Division I basketballtournament play as an auto-matic bid after winning theMEAC conference tourna-ment March 15. There was no suspense duringthe televised selection Sundayevent.
NCCU was in and had highhopes against their next oppo-nent.
Those high hopes were notlofty based on their successover the season against higherprofile and higher rankedteams. The Eagles won againstN.C. State University on theroad and challenged unde-feated tournament one seedWichita State University,University of Maryland andUniversity of Cincinnati.
Those games made the pos-sibilities of potential successin the NCAA tournamentclear.
Senior captain Emanuel“Poobie” Chapman discussedthe team’s mentality goinginto the game.
“We played with that chipon our shoulder. We feel likewe could play with anybody on
the court. We feel like sincewe played at NCCU, it did notmake us less talented thanother schools. Everybody onthe team felt like that,” saidChapman.
There was no sense of over-whelming awe or excitementfor the team according tocoach Moton. The teamremained humble, showed upand fought just like after theirwin against N.C. StateUniversity.
“That Appalachian Stategame sticks out most in mymind for the season. It couldhave been a trap game,” saidMoton.
“I wanted them to enjoyeverything they were seeingand I felt like I could let themdo that based on what I sawfrom them after theAppalachian game. ‘Smellyour roses’.”
Moton also noted his onand off court leaders,Chapman and All-Conferencehonoree and MEAC player ofthe year award recipient, sen-ior guard Jeremy Ingram inthe team’s success.
“We were an immatureteam early on and Poobie andJeremy were leading. Theyweren’t leading the way Iwanted them to though. Theyhave infectious personalitiesand the team was going to fol-low them. They would havefollowed them down a not so
positive path or the path thatwe wound up going.”
Chapman discussed theresponsibility of being aleader.
“Once you step forward asa leader then you have to beaccepted as a leader. And onceI felt like I was accepted, I hadto lead people to reoccurringevents from the season before.Then it got to the point whereI was leading people to placesI have never experienced,”said Chapman.
“Once we got to the tourna-ment, I told the team, ‘I amstill the leader and the cap-tain, but feel free to tell me if Iam doing something wrong,’”Chapman said.
“I realized that being aleader is not always aboutbeing in front and doing every-thing first. It’s about lettingeveryone do what they have todo and have an input as well.”
Spirits were high as theteam boarded the bus for theirjourney to the big dance. Acrowd of about 200 gathered infront of McLendon-McDougald Gym weatheringthe cold and rain for morethan two hours.
Blown up cutouts of headcoach LeVelle Moton andplayer’s faces dotted thecrowd as K97.5’s BrianDawson and Wade Banneremceed the send-off for theteam.
As the team stepped fromthe locker room onto the stepsof McLendon-McDougald, thecrowd burst into cheers. Theplayers were all smiles as theyvideo-taped the crowd to keepthe moment for their ownmemory.
The team credited the fansfor their historic run. TheEagles ended the season on a17 game win streak before thetournament game againstIowa State. Their overallrecord was 28-6 record andonly one loss in MEAC play.
“The fans have beenincredibly impactful through-out the whole season. Theirenergy was incredible and Iwant them to feel as much apart of the success as we do,”said Moton.
“I wanted them to enjoy everything they wereseeing and I felt like I could let them do that ...
‘Smell your roses’.”LEVELLE MOTON
HEAD COACH, MEN’S BASKETBALL
BY GLYNNIS HAGINSECHO STAFF REPORTER
After beginning the sea-son with several losses, theN.C. Central UniversityLady Eagles softball teamlooks forward to the rest ofthe season. They have settheir sights on winning theconference and MEAC tour-nament.
Coach Theresa Stephenssaid she knows her teamhas the talent and ability towin.
“I want to win the con-ference. We are capable ofdoing it,” she said.
An attitude of winningand the common goal ofwinning the MEAC havetrickled down to the playersas well.
Senior London Germ,sophomore De’Onna Smith,and junior Emerie Germindividually echoed theircoach.
Smith also said, “I hopewe continue to grow as ateam.”
The Lady Eagles havegrown as players this sea-son that has been tough foreach of them. LondonGerm, who plays in the out-field, said that she hasimproved in her hitting. “As leadoff batter, I think
I’ve done a good job ofgetting on base so the hit-ters behind me can hit mein,” she said.
Smith, who plays firstbase, said she has improvedin all areas. She is alsobeginning to find her posi-tion on the team. “I’m start-ing to become the voice ofthe field,” she stated.
Emerie Germ, catcherfor the Lady Eagles, said, “Ihave improved in movingthe runner and my RBI per-centage. Being in the threeor four position, that is myjob.”
Though they have madeimprovements, there arestill areas where they seekto further improve theirgame.
Coach Stephens expectsher team to “continue toimprove on fielding andconsistency in hitting.”
London Germ seeks toimprove her hitting andhelping herself to become a better all-around player.
“I can always improvemy hitting and continue toget on base,” she said. Shealso mentioned an areawhere the entire team canimprove.
“As a team, I think weneed to improve our abilityto finish a game,” she said.Emerie Germ echoed hersister London, “[I want toimprove] my confidenceand my attitude at theplate,” she said.
The Lady Eagles hope toimprove offensively so theycan become better game
finishers. Staying motivatedto win while in a losingstreak can be difficult.However, the team hasbonded over their commongoal to win.
London Germ helps herteammates stay motivatedand focused during difficulttimes by offering words ofencouragement and leadingby example.
Smith is the “voice of thedugout.”
She helps keep playersmotivated by chanting andcheering her teammates tovictory. “If I see someonedown, I try to cheer themup,” she said.
As the catcher, Emerie
Germ has the advantage ofcalling timeout when shenotices her teammates arestruggling.
She said, “I know thatwe’re good enough. We justneed to get out of ourheads.”
Smith is thankful for thischallenging season. “This isa humbling experiencecoming from where I waslast year. I thank God forgiving me this opportunity,”she said.
The Lady Eagles take onSavannah State in a back-to-back series on Saturday,April 5 and Sunday, April 6in Durham at ParkwoodAthletic Field.
W inners never quitand quitters neverwin.
I have to commend the N.C. Central Men’s Basketball
team forkeepingthatmantraalivethrough-out thisseason.Yet, withcomingoff theheels ofa sting-ing lossto IowaState,
all eyes are on next season.This season marks the
last season for seven of theseniors on the team. That isa huge chunk of players ona basketball team.
Not only is that a largeamount of players, butthese are players that getreal playing time, especial-ly the MEAC Player of theYear, Jeremy Ingram, andthe NCCU record-holder formost assists, Emmanuel“Poobie” Chapman.
Deep in my eagle heart, Ihave overwhelming hopethat NCCU’s fire will carryon into the next season.
Players like KaramoJawara, Jordan Parks, andJay Copeland, who were keycomponents to the Eagle’ssuccess this year also fuelthat fire of hope.
I don’t doubt the capabil-ities of the players or coachLevelle Moton, but I amworried about another keyfactor in the Eagles suc-cess: student and alumnisupport.
This year, we saw aplethora of alumni and stu-dent support. Even duringthe MEAC ChampionshipTournament in Norfolk, VA,NCCU students and alumniflooded the stands.
Will that same supportbe matched next season?
It’s hard to speculate, butit’s a necessary discussion.
Many players on theteam, as well as Moton,have expressed their deep-est gratitude to the fans andto the student base for theirsupport.
You can see the productof that support with theundefeated 23 game win-ning streak at home we allexperienced.
Yet, the support isn’t justneeded for winning, but forthe success of the entireathletic department.
This department doesn’tonly provide opportunitiesfor student athletes, but itgenerates revenue for theschool and provides anopportunity for students togain and express schoolpride.
This history-making sea-son has set the bar for ourathletes and even more forour dear old NCCU.
We are going to beexpected to produce morecompetitive sports teamsacross the board and thatall doubles back to support.
Financial support, physi-cal support, or just showingup to a game, with yourmaroon and gray are someexamples of what we need.
This past basketball sea-son was a prime example ofhow those versions of sup-port for our sports teamscan carry us to the nextlevel of play.
I hope to see that nextseason as well as in theupcoming seasons for therest of our teams.
Schools with big teamslike Duke and UNC ChapelHill aren’t great justbecause of good players.
They have a history ofcontinuous fan support,extensive financial backing,and acclaim across thenation; a culmination ofwhat your school and fansupport can really do.
We didn’t come backfrom San Antonio with aloss. We came back with thekeys to a bright new futureof NCCU Athletics.
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COMMENTARY
Poobie’s record-breaking legacyBY AVERY YOUNG
ECHO CO SPORTS EDITOR
Out of the four years spentat a university the ultimategoal for many is to beremembered for the goodthey have done.
E m a n u e l “ P o o b i e ”Chapman did that throughhis talents on the basketballcourt.
Since his first game forN.C. Central Universityagainst Oklahoma UniversityPoobie and the team putthemselves in a position tobe successful.
Consequently, his firstgame was supposed to be ablowout.
He and the team hadother plans.
NCCU ended the gamelosing by only three points inovertime.
But it was a lessonlearned.
“It was that type of expe-rience where you realizethat just because you go to asmaller school does notmean that you cannot com-pete with a bigger school,”Chapman said.
He learned that lessonearly in his college careerand it helped him gain thedetermination on the court. . Since that first game,Chapman devoted manynights and days to betterhimself. His hard workshowed in his career statis-tics.
Poobie now owns theassists record with 617 and issecond in steals with 173 atNCCU and was named NCCU
student athlete of the monthyesterday.
To cap off a superb sea-son, Chapman helped leadthe team to their first MEACConference Championshipover Morgan StateUniversity and also helpedearn them a ticket to the “BigDance”.
Chapman was speechless
about the records he has setat NCCU and the accom-plishments of the team dur-ing the season.
“It’s mind-blowing. It isalways a goal that everybodysets out to do.”
The team’s ultimate goalwas to put NCCU on thenational map.
“To be the first to win the
MEAC here and bring theeye back to NCCU is hum-bling”, Chapman said. This is the team’s first MEACchampionship since enteringthe conference.
“Our main goal was to letpeople know that when theyplay NCCU it is not going tobe an easy game for them,”Chapman said.
Chapman’s most memo-rable moment did not hit himuntil the team went to SanAntonio to play Iowa State inthe second round of the 2014NCAA Tournament.
He said, “My most memo-rable moment was the shootaround”.
“We only had 30 minuteson the court but for the most
part it’s you, the court andyour teammates. And that’sthe moment that you dreamof as a player” he continued.
He mentioned how differ-ent it was: from the smell ofthe paint to the brightness inlights.
After the team playedtheir last game of the seasonPoobie walked up to coachLeVelle Moton and gave hima hug that highlighted therelationship that they estab-lished over the past four sea-sons.
Chapman comparedMoton to an old man that sitson the porch and yells at thekids.
“He is like an older guywho has been through it,”said Chapman, referring toMoton’s collegiate, profes-sional, and coaching careers.
“You do not really under-stand it until you get to thispoint that we have been atthis year. You see all the lit-tle stuff that he’s been nag-ging about over the years ispaying off,” Chapman said.
He called Moton his rolemodel. He said everythingMoton taught him, he taughtto the younger players.
Chapman said he wants tocontinue his basketballcareer and pursue profes-sional basketball, but hisultimate goal is to attendgraduate school and open upyouth centers in Durham toget kids off the street.
“I have been in Durhamfor four years and working inthe community, so I think itwould be best to start offhere” he said.
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Future brightfor NCCU athletics
Lady Eagles huddle on pitching mound before inning startsPhoto Courtesy of NCCU Athletics
Emanuel “Poobie” Chapman raises arms in joy as team wins first MEAC Conference Tournament.Chapman holds all-time record at NCCU for assists.
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India Wagner
In honor of her installation,I have to address our firstpermanent female chan-
cellor, Dr. Debra Saunders-White.
Over her short period oftime at N. C.Central, I havebeen able towatch her.
She is elo-quent in herspeech, gracefulin her walk, butis still able todo the ‘NaeNae’ dance withher students.
She is polite,educated, well-
connected, and everyoneseems to love her.
She is more than qualifiedto lead our university.
In saying all these things, Iam more than confident thatshe will understand and fulfillthe charge I have for her.
As a graduating senior, mybiggest hope is to see NCCUbetter than how I left it.
This starts with a chancel-lor willing to steer NCCU toits better future.
That means starting newtraditions and phasing out oldpolicies that only make itharder for students to handleimportant business on cam-pus.
Students need to be able toknow that their chancellorwants them to be able to paytheir tuition and fees, registerfor classes and register forhousing without hassle.
It means creating a cultureon campus that reveres thestudent and the student expe-rience in order to produceproud and capable alumni.
Students want a chancellorthat understands their role onthis campus.
Not just as kids here to beeducated by professors, but asclients and stakeholders forthe university.
NCCU needs a chancellorthat will break down the barri-ers between departments oncampus to streamline the suc-cess in both the academic andadministrative realms on cam-pus.
Incoming freshman shouldnever have to worry that theymay not have housing due to amisunderstanding betweenhousing and admissionsbecause their chancellorshould have their back 100
percent.With graduation approach-
ing, I need to know thatNCCU’s chancellor is continu-ously fighting for the afford-ability of higher education, sothat these hallowed halls willforever be filled with thirstyminds for knowledge.
In this day and age no childshould question whether ornot they are able to obtain ahigher education, especiallyfrom our illustrious NCCU.
Lastly, NCCU needs a chan-cellor that loves NCCU justlike Dr. James E. Shepard did.
Without that love and pride,we can never see the eminentgreatness that Dr. Shepardsaw waiting in our future as auniversity.
This charge doesn’t comefrom just me as an editorial-ist, but from the entire stu-dent body whether they knowit or not.
The only way we can havebetter for ourselves as stu-dents here at NCCU, is if wehave a better university.
I hope Dr. Saunders-White
is successful in her reign aschancellor, and I know shewill do her best.
Yet, I have a charge for thestudents just as I have for her.
Hold her to her word andremind her of her purpose:the students.
We have to accept ourresponsibility in our educa-tion as well.
It starts in the classroomand it continues as we advo-cate for ourselves throughstaying involved and aware.
How can we expect for ouradministration to care aboutus as students if we do nottake the opportunities tospeak up for ourselves?
Often we blame administra-tion for making decisions thatwe decided not chime in on.
This is our time to helpsteer our university in theright direction alongside ournew chancellor.
Our chancellor needs stu-dents that are invested andwill walk this journey withher.
Our chancellor needs stu-dents that are not afraid toexude Eagle Excellence at alltimes.
I thank Dr. Saunders-Whitefor being here and for takingon the challenge.
Now that she is here, it’stime for us all to get to work.
12 Campus EchoWEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014
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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"I’m trying to getready for applyingto a graduateschool in Texas.”
—Alex Castillo,Senior
“I plan on going-to summer schooland then proba-bly go to BikeWeek.”
—Kristin Feemster,Junior
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Dear Chancellor...
Opinions
Unfortunately, in life thereare people who wereeither raised ratchet or
they were raised properly andchose to ignore the principles
of moralitytaught duringtheir childhood.
No one is per-fect and somepeople tend tolearn from lifethrough experi-ence or observa-tion.
I believe for amajority of myexperiences, I’vehad to learn both
ways.But I know one thing in life
is guaranteed: karma.What determines the good
karma or bad karma? You’d think the simple
thought of right versus wrong,but I guess some people don’treally take into account thatwhat you do can come back toyou.
This past weekend I cele-brated my birthday.
Friends came into town andaccompanied me at a nightclub.
As we were leaving to gohome, I recognized I did nothave my phone.
I panicked and begged secu-rity to let me back into theclub, to see if I left my phoneby the bar, or in the bathroom.
Of course the jerks wouldn’tallow me to, nor did they offerto go check, so my friends andI went home.
The next day, everyonecalled and texted the phonecontinuously until someonereplied.
I received a message to mybest friend’s phone that stated“I found this fone in the club,ain’t like I stole it or any-thing.”
And yes the fool spelledphone with an “F”.
I kindly asked if we couldmeet somewhere or if he coulddrop it off at some location.
He replied “LOL I’m inSouth Carolina.”
Oh? This was an LOLmoment?
I asked him, “If you foundthis phone and you know it’snot yours…why didn’t you tryto call the last person that wasin the caller list or give it tothe DJ, maybe even a bounc-er?”
Well apparently it’s cool tokeep property that isn’t yoursand then tell the person itbelongs to that you’re basicallynot going to give it back, nordo you think this is stealing.
After being a reasonableand calm person debating withan idiot what the definition ofstealing was, I told him this,“Listen I would love to get myphone back, it’s my birthdayweekend and I don’t haveanother phone, but apparentlyyou’re not going to give it back.Next month when you’re tryingto feed your family or strug-gling to pay a bill remember
this moment where you had anopportunity to do the rightthing but decided not tobecause you were trying tohave a ‘come up’ with a stolenphone.”
He made a sorry attempt toseem remorseful by stating hewould be in NC the followingweekend and he’d return itand also that my friendsshould stop harassing him orhe’d throw it away.
The nerve. Funny thing; I work at
WRAL.I know how to research and
find certain information suchas mug shots, social mediasites, contacts, and people thatcan help me find out prettymuch anything.
With that being said theratchet lad took pictures on myphone which backed up on myGoogle gallery before I had theservice disconnected…and Inow have his picture, fullfacial.
Eagles, take a lesson fromhis actions and remember todo the right thing.
It will definitely pay off inthe end, because karma is abad b****.
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“Next month when you’re trying to feed your family orstruggling to pay a bill remember this moment where
you had the opportunity to do the right thing...”
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