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Drug violations see increase

Marijuana is the most common drug amongst violatorsDrug violations are see-

ing a slight increase on N.C. A&T’s campus.

In 2010 there were 40 cases of drug violations with 38 re-sulting in arrests, and two in disciplinary action. Last year, there were 69 cases of drug violations including both ar-rests and disciplinary actions — an increase of more than 25 cases.

Although it is easy to as-sume that drugs are becoming more popular on campus, A&T Police Chief Glenn Newell says more people are getting

caught with drugs because of an increase in patrol through-out campus.

“We’ve contracted more officers,” he said. “With an increase in enforcement, that is more people that are being detected and handled accord-ingly.”

Since 2008 roughly 20 ad-ditional officers both sworn and non-sworn have been con-tracted by the university with an aim to combat crime.

There are now 34 sworn po-lice officers on duty, and over 35 in-house security guards.

“We now have more eyes to see if there is anything out of the ordinary,” Newell said. “If you are out on campus at 2

or 3 a.m. you will see security officers patrolling the grounds and if anything unusual hap-pens they can contact UPD immediately.”

With the addition of of-ficers, there also has been an increase of coverage hours. Prior to 2009 security officers only had eight hours of cam-pus coverage.

Now there is 24-hour cov-erage particularly in female residence halls.

“Prior to 2009, we were primarily in police vehicles patrolling campus,” said New-ell. “Now we have police on foot, bicycles, Segways.”

With this increase in both sworn and non-sworn officers,

lead patrol officer Olen Ger-ald says it is easier to detect violators.

“With us having the secu-rity inside the residence halls during the day and night, a lot of times they will walk into the dorm and smell some-thing in the hallway,” he said. “They inform us, and we come over and pin-point the area it’s coming from. We catch a lot of stuff with the help of them.”

Gerald goes on to add that marijuana is the most common drug that violators are getting themselves in trouble with. Nearly all violations are due to people smoking this drug.

“It’s in the resident halls. They like to sit in their rooms

and smoke,” he said. “Smok-ing marijuana is the most popular thing to do; they do it more than they drink.”

According to crime statis-tics from 2011 there were 23 liquor law violations.

That is less than twice the amount of drug violations re-ported.

Marijuana is the most com-monly abused illicit drug in the U.S. according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

This dry, brown and green mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves has been in the forefront of controversy as its more vocal users have urged to legalize the drug.

“I don’t see a problem with

this drug,” said an occasional marijuana user who asked to not to be named. “There are way worse drugs out there that have worst affects on people in general.”

According to Gerald, party drugs that are typically asso-ciated with college campus such as ecstasy, acid, or mush-rooms are not typically found at A&T.

“The party drugs, we don’t have that much here,” he said. “Smoking marijuana is pretty much what they like to do.”

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Mr. A&T gets ready to compete for Mr. HBCU pageant

Aggies across campus came together last Sunday to bid Mr. A&T farewell as he goes on to compete into the annual Mr. HBCU competition in Jeffer-son, Mo.

Jordan Brunson, a senior chemistry major from Colum-bus, Ohio gave the audience a preview of his talent that he will be showcasing at this competi-tion slated for Saturday.

“I’m too excited,” Brunson said about the competition. “This is my fi rst real competi-tion, and to be able to do it on behalf of the university is just an exciting experience. I’m re-ally ready and I hope to bring home the trophy.”

Master of Ceremonies, Todd A. Porter II, who is the former Mr. A&T 2010-2011, along with other former and fellow members of SGA, hosted the evening.

Brunson started the night off with an oratory performance. Dressed in a Victorian inspired outfi t, he strolled onto the stage in a top hat, tail suit, and a black cane to pull it all together. The audience sat quietly, and very at-tentive, as Brunson stood before the crowd, speaking in a very clear and articulate manner.

Junior, Monica Womble from Charlotte said she enjoyed how well Brunson handled himself on stage. “He spoke in such a strong manner; he commanded the attention of the room.”

Before moving on to the

second portion of the program, Jordan King, the fi rst runner up for Mr. James B. Dudley per-formed a scene from the movie, ‘The Great Debaters.’ King is currently enrolled as a student in the early college program at A&T.

The presentation of the tal-ent portion of the program was much anticipated by the crowd, as many wondered what Mr. A&T would present as his tal-ent. Brunson made his way onto the stage and after being given a brief synopsis of what he would be performing, he automatically got into character.

He chose to act out a scene from Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun.” “I think that Jordan did extremely well dur-ing his performance. It felt like

I was watching a scene from a play by a professional actor” said junior, Staphon Snelling.

When asked what qualities he feels one must possess to take on the title as Mr. A&T, he replied “approachability and be-ing personal with the students. When a lot of students see a person in a leadership position on campus, they tend to shy away from them because of the preconceived notions that they think they are better than ev-eryone else when that’s not the case at all; we are just students just like they are. I believe that it is just being able to show the students that you are there for them.”

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Aggies get a taste of DMV

A mouth-watering aroma of fried chicken fi lled Exhibit Hall where the Metro Aggies’ held their 4th annual Chicken and Mumbo Sauce event. Last Thursday, guests received three pieces of chicken and french fries for a fee of $3.

The most appealing part of this meal was the slightly sweet and tangy sauce D.C., Maryland, and Virginia na-tives call mumbo sauce. The room was fi lled with excited students who were eager to ex-perience a taste of the DMV.

“I think this event was very well put together. The mumbo sauce is very good, and I am enjoying the entertainment

while getting a feel of what D.C. culture is like,” said Sas-cha Gibson, a junior account-ing major from Newark, Del.

Loud GoGo music fi lled the room creating a vibrant atmosphere for the guests. Al-though there were many round tables and seats, many students were left standing as it became crowded.

“The event went very well even though we didn’t get to publicize as much; however, every year we have received a huge turn out,” said Metro Ag-gies President Janae Crockett, a junior fi nance major from Maryland.

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organization put on a spe-cial dance performance dur-ing the ceremony to Beyon-cé’s hit single, ‘I Was Here.’ Dressed in white leotards, the ladies strutted on stage into position, holding the hands of one another. The last and final portion of the program was the question and answer round.

As the program began to end, Brunson received a huge applause from the audience, and members from SGA told him about the great of a job they thought he did.

“I think that Jordan defi-

nitely has what it takes to bring home the crown, all he has to do is believe” said Mister Junior, Keyshawn McDaniel.

He was presented with many gifts to accompany him on his journey to the Mr. HBCU pageant.

The evening came to a close as SGA president; Chris Robinson led the room in singing the A&T Alma Mater. A reception was held after the program where the students and SGA had the chance to mingle with one another.

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that enticed students to come. Games such as ‘How well do you know the DMV’ and ‘Win a date with an Eb-oard member’ were also played during the event. There was also a fashion show by members of Verge and natives of the DMV.

“I was excited when Verge was asked to perform at this event. I have always supported the chicken and mumbo sauce programs and thought it would be great for Verge to add some entertainment,” said Verge president Alena Brown, a ju-nior psychology major from Atlanta.

Back Home, a newly formed band comprised of Metro Aggie members also

performed “All your love” by K-La.

Chicken and Mumbo sauce was first created in 2008 by the Metro Aggie president at the time. Current members hope to keep this tradition alive to bring the DMV culture to North Carolina.

“Mumbo sauce is what we are known for. It is the perfect compliment to your chicken and it’s conveniently located at the local corner stores in the DMV for a cheap price,” said Kara Crittenden, a senior accounting major from Fort Washington, Md. Look for-ward to upcoming Metro Ag-gie events such as Hometown stereotypes in the near future.

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love ‘Doc’ makes a visitIn observance of Valentine’s

Day, SUAB presented David Coleman, who is known world-wide as the Love Doctor.

Coleman has previously been honored 13 times as “The National Speaker of the Year”. He offers open services and ad-vice in surrounding the topics of dating, relationships, romance, sex, marriage and leadership. In addition to the 200 shows he attends each year, Coleman has approximately 15 clients he counsels year-round.

The Doctor began the discus-sion by introducing the ABC’s of Love; attract, believe chem-istry and desire. As the student audience became enthusiastic while engaging in the conver-sation, Coleman also discussed the three types of love; eros, philia and agape. He vibrantly explained how eros love is based more off of physical at-traction and passion between two people. Philia love is based on friendship and agape is the highest form of love or uncon-ditional love.

While engaging with stu-dents, Coleman ensures that one-hour spent with an individ-ual can determine if that person is a good match for you.

“If time seems to fly by while

you are with a person of interest then you two might have a good chance at a relationship but if you can’t stop looking at your watch, there’s a problem”, said the Love Doctor.

Everyone has that special “HMM” that they notice around campus but can’t seem to find the courage to approach them. “HMM” is a term distinguished by Coleman that refers to some-one who stops you in your tracks and illustrates how to be a pen-guin; it’s not about your appear-ance but your attitude.

Coleman uses lively Power-Point slides to coach the audi-ence into recognizing how to know if someone is interested. For example, a girl could tell if a guy was interested if he is not discouraged by her barriers, if he can’t use player tactics, if he turns into “moosh brain” and if he deviously mentions how lucky her boyfriend is.

In comparison, as explained by the Love Doctor, a guy could tell if a girl was interested if she makes eye contact, if she breaks the touch barrier and if she tests the future.

When Coleman carries on the discussion by asking the audience who they believe con-trols a relationship, they quickly reply that women are in con-trol. However, Coleman rebut-tals and informs that the person

who is more invested and who cares the most has the least con-trol. He relates this to his Puppy Theory as he displays a photo of a dog sitting on a cats head.

“They only treat you with disrespect because you allow it. When someone shows you their true colors, believe them!” said Coleman.

Majority of people who are in long distance relationships can agree that they are horrific. Coleman explains how 50 per-cent of long distance relation-ships fail within the first year mainly because of forced com-munication, absence, jealousy, and the individuals in these re-lationships grow apart and be-come good at being away from one another.

Although all the information being presented by Coleman was well received, the audience became eager as the topic of the “friend zone” was introduced. He clarifies that you cannot be just friends with an individual if you are physically attracted to them, if you are romantically interested and if you get jealous by what they say or do. Cole-man explains that you will re-main in the friend zone because you give a person all you your-self for free. He also ensures that friends with privileges do not work because one person in that relationship will not be able

to separate the physical and emotional attractions.

To close his speech Cole-man allowed the audience to ask him questions regarding trust issues, commitment, choosing between two guys and how to get over an EX boyfriend/girlfriend.

“As I engaged in this program, I learned that rela-tionships are not as hard as they seem. I would definitely attend something like this again and plan to educate my friends about it,” said Shawn Waddell, a sophomore and architectural and civil engi-neering major.

Coleman enlightened the audience by letting them know that he continues to do shows as such and sacrifices being away from his family because he believes in every individual and is certain that what the students take away will leave them wanting more from life than meritocracy.

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GOP: Santorum makes aggressive plan against Romney

PORTLAND, Maine — A day af-ter Mitt Romney regained some momentum in the Republican presidential contest, his rival Rick Santorum went on the at-tack, calling the front-runner “desperate” while promising to compete aggressively to win the state where Romney grew up.

Santorum said Sunday he could do “exceptionally well” in Michigan, where Romney’s father served as governor. The Midwestern state and Arizona host Republican presidential nominating contests on Feb. 28.

He suggested that a strong showing in those contests would make the presidential contest “a two-man race,” dismissing cur-rent rivals Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul.

Santorum shrugged off his third-place fi nish Saturday in caucuses in Maine, where he didn’t actively compete, as well as his second-place fi nish in a straw poll of conservative activ-ists.

Romney has been painting Santorum as a long-time Wash-ington insider who pursued home-state projects. Santorum on Sunday described Romney’s recent criticism as “desperate.”

“You reach a point where desperate people do desperate things,” said Santorum, who represented Pennsylvania dur-ing his 16 years in Congress, fi rst in the House and then in the Senate.

Maine GOP offi cials de-clared Romney the winner of Saturday’s caucuses. The re-sults ended a three-state losing

streak to Santorum, who swept contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri on Tuesday.

With the next primaries more than two weeks away, the break seems unusually long in the rapid-fi re race that’s featured six contests in the last 14 days. Romney and his rivals now have 17 days to raise cash and bolster their organizations for what’s shaping up to be a slog to the Republican nomination and the right to face President Barack Obama in November.

As Santorum eyes Michigan, Romney turns his attention to extending his huge cash advan-tage over his rivals.

The Massachusetts governor left Maine before the caucus re-sults were announced to attend a West Coast fundraiser Saturday night. He issued a written state-ment to mark his victory in the low-turnout contest.

Romney won a plurality of the Maine vote just hours after winning the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Politi-cal Action Committee confer-ence in Washington.

But questions about Rom-ney’s durability as his party’s presumed front-runner persist. Fully 61 percent of Maine vot-ers selected a candidate other than Massachusetts’ former governor in a state practically in his backyard. And Romney’s showing was down consider-ably from 2008, when he won 51 percent of the vote.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a prominent voice among some conservatives, said Rom-ney has work to do to convince GOP voters he’s moved beyond his “pretty moderate past ... even

in some cases a liberal past.”“I am not convinced, and

I do not think the majority of GOP and independent voters are convinced,” Palin said on Fox News Sunday.

Romney has focused more on social issues in recent days. He has been particularly ag-gressive in criticizing Obama’s recent decision regarding con-traception.

On Friday, after three weeks of controversy that pitted the na-tion’s Catholic bishops against the White House, Obama re-vised his policy. Instead of re-quiring church-affi liated non-profi t employers to cover free contraception with the health insurance they offer workers, the policy now requires insur-ance companies to provide free birth control coverage in sepa-rate agreements with workers who want it.

Santorum said the presi-dent’s plan doesn’t resolve the issue. He says many Catholic institutions are self-insured and those organizations will still be forced to pay for women’s con-traception despite their religious objections.

“There’s no compromise here. They are forcing religious organizations, either directly or indirectly to pay for something that they fi nd is a deeply, mor-ally, you know, wrong thing,” Santorum, a Catholic, told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

The focus on social issues plays well for Santorum, who has long been considered a staunch cultural conservative. Those credentials helped fuel his success last week.

But he wasn’t a factor in

Maine, where Romney cap-tured 39 percent of the vote, narrowly defeating Paul’s 36 percent, state Republican chair-man Charlie Webster said. San-torum and Gingrich, who didn’t actively campaign in Maine, won 18 percent and 6 percent respectively.

The Maine vote totals re-fl ected about 84 percent of the state’s precincts, with nearly 5,600 Republicans voting out of 258,000 registered. The con-tests scheduled for the coming days will not be counted, in-cluding an entire county that postponed its caucuses because of a snow storm.

“We were a little bit disap-pointed last night,” Paul said, because he’s done well in that county in the past and expected to do well Saturday.

Coming off last week’s suc-cess, Santorum saw a surge in donations. His campaign reports gathering $3 million in the three days immediately following af-ter last week’s hat trick, but he’s unlikely to catch Romney in the money race.

Santorum reported just $279,000 in the bank at the end of December, compared with Romney’s $19.9 million. Ging-rich had $2.1 million, but is still carrying substantial debt, while Paul reported $1.9 million.

Romney won 11 delegates and Paul 10, according to an analysis of the Maine results by The Associated Press. Santorum and Gingrich were shut out. That brings the delegate count to 123 for Romney, 72 for San-torum, 32 for Gingrich and 19 for Paul, with 1,144 delegates needed for the nomination.

STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press

N.C. Supreme Court hears student bra search case

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court is going to decide whether of-fi cials at an alternative school should have required students to participate in a bra search based on a tip that pills were being bought to class.

LaToya Powell of the state attorney general’s of-fi ce, which is representing the school, told the court Mon-

day the searches in 2008 were minimally invasive. During the search, students had to untuck their shirts and lift their bra away from their body.

An attorney for a student at Brunswick County Academy says her client was humiliated by the search, which was done in the presence of two men.

The state Court of Appeals ruled last year the searches were unconstitutional as well as “de-grading, demeaning and highly intrusive.”

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US Airways jet makes emergency landing in N.C.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A US Airways passenger jet trav-eling from Charlotte to Charleston, W.Va., has had to turn around and make an emergency landing.

The Charlotte Observer reports that an airline spokes-woman says the crew heard

a “loud and unsettling noise” shortly after the plane departed at around 2:30 p.m. EST Sun-day. As a precaution, the plane turned around and landed at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport about an hour after it left.

The 44 passengers were then put on different fl ights.

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Obama’s budget going to CongressWASHINGTON — The new

budget that President Barack Obama is sending to Congress aims to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade by restraining govern-ment spending and raising taxes on the wealthy. To help a weak economy, Obama’s proposal Monday requests increases in transportation, education and other areas.

While administration offi-cials on Sunday defended the plan as a balanced approach, Republicans belittled the effort as a repeat of failed policies that did too little to attack soaring costs in such programs as Medi-

care and threatened growth by raising taxes.

The debate is almost certain to go all the way to Election Day in November with grid-lock keeping Congress from resolving many pressing issues on expiring tax cuts and across-the-board spending cuts until a lame-duck session at year’s end.

Obama’s spending blueprint for the budget year that begins Oct. 1 projects a deficit for this year of $1.33 trillion. That would mean four straight years of trillion-dollar-plus deficits.

The budget will project a de-cline in the deficit to $901 bil-lion in 2013 and continued im-provements shrinking the deficit to $575 billion in 2018.

Republicans said Obama’s plan was a stark reminder that the Democratic president had failed to meet the pledge he made after taking office in 2009 to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term.

But Jacob Lew, Obama’s chief of staff, said the admin-istration had to contend with a deep recession and soaring unemployment that had driven the deficits higher than anyone anticipated. He said Obama’s plan would cut the deficit be-low 3 percent of gross domestic product by 2018, to levels that economists generally view as sustainable.

He said faster deficit cuts now would set back an econ-omy still struggling with high

unemployment. Lew, Obama’s former budget chief, also said it was critical that Congress agree to extend a payroll tax cut due to expire Feb. 29. Failure to extend it, he said, would cause another hit to the economy.

“I think there is pretty broad agreement that the time for aus-terity is not today,” Lew said on Sunday talk shows. “Right now we have an economy that’s tak-ing root ... austerity measures right now would take the econo-my in the wrong way.”

House Republicans are pre-paring their version of Obama’s budget that will propose sharper reductions in government en-titlement programs such as Medicare while avoiding any tax increases.

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Maybe it’s the students who don’t care

An article was written in the Feb. 1 issue of the A&T Regis-ter criticizing teachers from the elementary level up to the colle-giate level. They were classifi ed as not caring and not having the student’s best interest at heart.

I agree there are some teach-ers who may not put in as much effort as they could. Some teachers’ start with strong ide-alism and over time may grow disillusioned. I feel this number is in the small minority and we should not paint them with such a broad stroke. There are many teachers who should be respect-ed and do a thankless job well. I think a bigger issue lies with the fact that there are a lot of bad students.

I am not talking about the students who are not able to

comprehend the work, but the ones who have an aura of self-entitlement. The ones that feel because we pay tuition to at-tend school we should run the asylum. Let’s be honest for a second, we all have had a class where a student is constantly fi f-teen minutes late and leaves ten minutes early. I am a full time student and a manager of a re-tail store. If any of my staff had the same lackadaisical attitude about punctuality as some of the students here they would be un-employed.

We have all been in groups where a member hardly shows up and leaves others to carry the workload. We all have been in class where an intellectual dis-cussion cannot be conducted because a good number of the students did not do the reading the night before. We witness late assignments being turned in and

students getting mad because of repercussions. We have seen students not do the required work and wanting extra credit to make it up.

Two weeks ago in one of my classes a teacher had to call out a student twice about not talking while she was lecturing. Instead of the student conceding he felt the need to challenge the teach-er. What does that accomplish? We blame administrators for not caring, but there are a lot of students who do not care also. I have an Iphone that I am con-stantly on, even in class. I check in on Twitter, World Star Hip Hop and Blackboard. If a teach-er asks me to stop checking my phone it is not my place to get indignant. I put my phone aside until after class. She should not have to tell me repeatedly to put it up.

The numbers of students

who are disrespectful are in the minority. Just like the ration bad teachers, the number should be considered low. I have not done any research, but I doubt that there is a huge amount of teach-ers who are just in it for the paycheck. Teachers, especially those on the lower levels, for the most part do not make that much. Also, I do not think teachers like Dr. Teresa Jo Styles, Professor Stephanie Carrino and Profes-sor Anjan Basu are here just to receive a paycheck.

Maybe I am naïve, but I think that most teachers have the student’s best interest at heart. Most of us are here to get and education, not be disruptive and share the same ideals and dreams as our instructors. May-be we should be better students so there can be better teachers.

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Letter to the EditorI am writing in response to

the article “Teachers just don’t care about us.” I believe this is untrue. In my experience, more of my teachers have cared then not. One of the main reasons I came to an HBCU was because I wanted to be treated like a person, not a number; that’s what I get. Most of my teachers know my name, and I can speak to them on a personal level.

Many teachers chose to teach at HBCU’s because they want to see black students achieve. Al-though I acknowledge there are some professors that don’t care, this occurrence happens every-where. In fact, at most other universities, it is more evident. Next, I will address the point discussing students graduating from high school at a third grade reading level, because teach-

ers give them crosswords for homework. Although teachers should not do this, blame here goes to parents. Parents of these individuals didn’t invest read-ing time in with their children at a young age, and teachers can only do so much to help them in the classroom. Finally, I would like to shed light on the point about professors limited offi ce hours. While this is frustrating,

tutoring is available. People are paid specifi cally for this pur-pose; why not use them? If you really need to talk to your pro-fessor, set up an appointment. Teachers cannot do everything in the classroom, and it’s up to students to start caring as well by putting more time into their studies.

Sincerely,Anonymous

Memorable singer, a cautionary tale

Name one black man you feel history has not shown enough credit to?

Guy #1- Lewis Latimer was perhaps one of the great-est inventors of all time. He is the man who played major roles in helping inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell (the inventor of the telephone) and Thomas Edison (the inventor of the light bulb). Both inven-tions would have never gotten off of the ground if it were not for him. He is one of those people that will never receive the attention he deserves but I think it is important for many people to know his name.

Guy #2- Charles Hamilton Houston was a huge part of the civil rights movement. He played a major role in Brown vs. the Board of Education and was very infl uential before the actual case took place. He fought many cases for deseg-regating education before that monumental case but many people don’t know much about him. I think he was one of those unsung hero’s that our society doesn’t pay enough at-tention to.

Guy #3- Bill Withers is arguably one of the best song-writers of all time. The man won multiple Grammys, was inducted into the songwriter Hall of Fame, and has a very long list of classic songs. Some of his songs are “Lean on Me”, “Ain’t No Sunshine”, “Grandma’s Hands”, “Lovely Day”, “Just the Two of Us”, “Use Me”, and many more. I think Bill Withers is one of those guys who are always looked over when we refl ect on some of the most soulful singers of all time.

What was your fi rst thought when you heard about Whitney Houston?

Guy #1- In all honesty, I still haven’t accepted the fact that she is gone. She is one of those icons that will never die in my heart. Just like Don Cornelius, Michael Jackson, James Brown, etc. Music helps people live on forever and become immortal. So when I heard, I was in shock but I still have not accepted it because it is so easy for me to look her up and still hear that beautiful voice.

Guy #2- I just prayed that it wasn’t drugs. We all know she was a beautiful singer, but her personal life may have taken over and if that’s the case then I feel bad to say that Whitney is no different than Jimi Hen-

drix and all those other icons that fell victim to show busi-ness.

Guy #3- I think it’s sad but then again I feel like that is the price many of our celebs pay for fame. Regardless if it was drugs or not, we see far too many divas fall before their prime. Whitney Houston is an-other example of Tammi Ter-rell, Flo from the Supremes, Amy Winehouse, and so many more. All of these women had different reasons for dying, however ultimately I wouldn’t change anything. The music they put out were the refl ec-tions of their pain. From their hurt, we all gained. It was an unfair exchange, however their legacies will live on though their music and their stories.

Do you think black men hate Valentine’s Day?

Guy #1- I think so. I think a lot of black men do nothing but complain. They complain 364 days out of the year, and Valentine’s Day is just anoth-er day for them to complain about. Most of the time, men don’t show their girl the love they so desperately need. Then they complain about Valen-tine’s Day because they have to put forth a little more effort. Most men don’t know that if you did what you were sup-posed to do during the year, your girl wouldn’t NEED for you to shower her with gifts. However, we are so use to complaining that we hate to have to put forth a little more effort.

Guy #2- I think it’s dumb. Most of my friends think so too. Only guys I know who like it are all locked down. It is just another day for girls to walk around with balloons and say “Oh girl my man love me.” I think it is just another opportunity for guys to front and act like they are in love. I never celebrate it. Even when I was in a relationship I made it known how I felt ahead of time.

Guy #3- I think it all de-pends on the guy. Some guys are just like women, bitter. So they complain about be-ing lonely or cry about hav-ing to spend that time. I think Valentine’s Day is cool for the people who actually spend time with their signifi cant oth-er. Nobody wants to be alone. Even the hardest thug knows that. So there’s nothing wrong with showing your girl you love her. And for any guy that argues that is a fool.

The story is familiar. Beauti-ful, talented singer, actor, dancer, and on down the list, succumbs in a tragic likely accident that may have involved drug abuse. Whitney Houston was added to that roll call Saturday.

Almost from the time the little girl from Newark, N.J., opened her mouth in song, it was clear she would one day be a star.

And why not, given her lin-eage? Gospel great Cissy Hous-ton was her mother, pop music icon Dionne Warwick her aunt, and the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin, her godmother. Little “Nippy,” as they called her, sur-passed them all in the millions of records she sold globally.

But the singing sensation, who as a youngster gained a reputation as being too squeaky clean to be believed, passed into maturity with an appetite for cocaine and marijuana, she

admitted. Her tempestuous mar-riage to equally drug-dependent R&B singer Bobby Brown failed. Three times she went to rehab. Her voice suffered. The comeback that always seemed so close never came.

Houston’s life may serve as a cautionary lesson to some, and that’s fi ne. It’s a lesson that can’t be taught too often, or too early. But that’s not the only Whitney Houston who should be remembered.

Remember her as the only pop singer to have seven con-secutive No. 1 singles on Bill-board. Remember her as the singer who put Francis Scott Key on the Top 10 charts as a lyricist for her thrilling rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Remember her as the talented actress in fi lms like “Waiting to Exhale.” Remember her as the voice heard on tape in countless weddings, singing her signature hit, “I Will Always Love You.”

Remember her as the memo-rable singer she was.

MCT CAMPUSContributor

As the United States moves toward rebuilding its economy and ensuring the long-term strength of our middle class, we’re mindful of the wise words of President Harry Tru-man: “In the long view, no na-tion is healthier than its chil-dren.”

Over the last three decades, obesity rates have tripled. To-day one in three children is at risk for preventable diseases such as diabetes and heart dis-ease due to being overweight. If left unaddressed, health ex-perts tell us that our current generation of children may actually have a shorter lifespan than their parents. To confront this, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has taken signifi -cant strides to help make sure America’s children are eating better and leading healthier lives.

In December 2010, a co-

alition of parents, teachers, advocates, school lunch pro-fessionals, doctors and even retired military leaders worked with Congress to help pass the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The act is a huge win for millions of schoolchildren. It allows us to combat child hun-ger and obesity and improve the health and nutrition of the nation’s children with the most comprehensive changes to school food in decades.

Just three weeks ago, the department fi nalized the im-provements to food served to 32 million American children every day in the school lunch program. The new standards _ based on the most up-to-date science _ will make the same kinds of practical changes that many parents are already en-couraging at home. Students will be offered daily servings of fruits, vegetables and whole grains along with portion sizes and calorie counts designed to maintain a healthy weight.

We’ll reduce the amount of saturated fat, trans-fats and salt in children’s meals.

The Agriculture Department has also been pushing schools to reinforce healthy lifestyles. We’ve worked with schools across the country, recognizing more than 2,100 with honors for meeting tough standards to expand nutrition and physi-cal activity opportunities. And soon we will bring healthy choices beyond the lunch line to all foods sold in schools _ including vending machines and the a la carte line _ so we make the healthy choice the easy choice for students.

The Agriculture Depart-ment is working with parents, teachers and others to encour-age kids to lead healthy, active lifestyles. Through our Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative and other similar work, we are working to make it easier for families to access healthy food in rural and urban communities that may lack a

convenient supermarket. We are teaching kids about healthy foods through school and com-munity gardens.

First lady Michelle Obama has been an important partner in this effort. Through her Let’s Move! program, famous ath-letes are stepping up by reno-vating playgrounds and school gymnasiums; community ac-tivists are bringing farmers’ markets to underserved areas; and food-industry leaders have agreed to participate in our work to raise a healthier gen-eration of kids.

At the end of the day, the strength of our communities, our economy and our national security depends on the health of our children. The adminis-tration is committed to lead-ing the way so that, together with leaders and partners from across the nation, we can help feed every American child the nutritious food they deserve to excel, thrive and succeed in their lives.

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Slowly raising a healthier future generation of Americans

As N.C. A&T cakewalked its way to an 85-55 victory over S.C. State, the Aggies’ Nic Simpson became the 27th play-er in school history to reach the 1,000-point milestone.

Simpson is the third player under head coach Jerry Eaves to score 1,000 points joining Jason Wills and Thomas Coleman.

“We’re proud of Nic,” said Eaves. “I think it’s great he got his 1,000th point, and it was even better that he played so well...he shot the lights out from three, which was huge for us.”

Simpson scored his 1,000th point on three-pointer in front of the Aggies’ home crowd. When he left the game, he and Eaves shared a hug.

“When I first started here in 08-09 I didn’t really have any goals. I just wanted to play,” Simpson said.

“Then last year all I wanted to do was win...[when] senior year came around...Mr. Hollo-way let me know I was getting close to 1,000 points. So then it became a goal and worked as a little extra motivation for me.”

Simpson continuously works

on condition, shooting and foot-work, which he says, are key to being a good shooter and getting a quick shot off from a screen or in the corner.

Simpson scored 17 points against the S.C. State Bulldogs.

While it was a special mo-ment for him and a privilege to receive the recognition Simpson doesn’t take all the credit.

“It was a great accomplish-ment. It is really just a testa-ment to the three point guards I have played with and all of my other teammates who look for me and find me throughout my career,” he said referring to Tavarus Alston, Marc Hill, and Jeremy Underwood as the three point guards.

“It’s something everyone on the team, and the coaches can be proud of because those are the guys I work with all day and all year.”

The Aggies entered the S.C. State game coming off three consecutive conference losses.

A&T’s players knew it was important to strive for a win on their home court in order to re-deem themselves.

“We felt a lot of pressure coming into this game. We need a win to regain confidence in

ourselves to finish out the rest of the season strong,” said junior forward Demetrius Upchurch.

Upchurch was in the starting lineup af-ter coming off of a strained hip flexor injury that occurred in the game against Carver College on Jan. 3.

While injured, Upchurch was the biggest cheerleader for his ‘brothers’ when they went on a five game winning streak. During Saturday’s game he was able to be more in sync with the team contributing 15 points.

Eaves said “This team wouldn’t lose a game if they believe as a team.” At the start of the half it seemed as the team was in high belief leading the Bulldogs 43-29.

Along with Upchurch and Simpson, Hill was also one of the high scorers of the night with 13 points.

“The main focus for Mon-day’s game will be to rebound, not get outworked, and fight the whole game,” said Simpson last Saturday before the Savannah State game.

But the Aggies did not have the same luck against the Ti-gers.

“Wins help us get our confi-dence back so we can get back to our winning ways and start winning games going into the MEAC tourna-ment,” said Hill.

Despite Sat-urday’s blowout win and Simp-

son’s career a c h i e v e -m e n t , the Ag-gies lost to the Savan-n a h S t a t e Tigers 6 6 -59.

It was a t o u g h g a m e w i t h the Tigers s h o o t - ing from the three- point range a majority of

the night.

There are still four confer-ence games ahead with the next one taking place Saturday against N.C. Central in Corbett Sports Center at 4 p.m.

The last time the Eagles (7-5, 13-12) and the Aggies (6-6, 13-12) met, the Eagles defeat-

ed the Aggies 65-46 and the Aggies shot 2-for-18 from three-point range.

If the Aggies come out on top, the two teams will be tied for sixth place in the conference.

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Simpson scores 1,000th career point

Bibbs continues career on her road to 500 winsAfter losing the battle of the

boarders to S.C. State last Sat-urday the N.C. A&T Lady Ag-gies redeemed themselves on Monday night against Savan-nah State.

The Lady Aggies shut out the Tigers to help head coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs to get her 497th win. The Lady Aggies got off to a sluggish start. In the first few minutes of the game, poor shot selection kept the Aggies behind as they trailed the Tigers 6-2.

Savannah State’s Ezinne Kalu surprised the Aggies with a quick four points and two steals.

Early in the first half, the Aggies had trouble holding on to the ball after a few quick turnovers put them behind 8 – 4. As the lady Aggies found a way to break Savannah State’s 2-2-1 full court press, junior forward JaQuayla Berry gave them their first lead of the game scoring on an old- fashioned three-point play to put the Ag-gies up 13-12.

After the Aggies kept up the momentum as they forced two shot clock violations.

But the momentum took

a sudden turn as Berry went down with an ankle injury with 9:49 left in the half. She did not return to the game.

But Bibbs had her four time rookie of the week Tiffanie Adair to keep the Lady Aggies on track for the rest of the first half.

As the first half rolled on the Aggies controlled their turn-overs and managed to make a 13-8 run and with 4 minutes left in the first half Lady Aggies have another 7-0 run.

Aggies went into half time leading 35 -23.

In the first half, the Aggies limited the Tigers to just 25 percent shooting from the field and 73.3 percent free throw percentage, and kept the Tigers from making any three-point-ers.

The Lady Aggies shot 40 percent from the field, 16.7 percent from behind the three-point line and had an 87.5 free throw percentage.

“I went into them the first half and the girls responded,” said Bibbs.

Savannah State came out at half time pressuring the ball full court that shook up the Ag-gies but with Adair’s leadership who finished the night with 14 points and 14 rebounds. The

Aggies went on to shut out Savannah State Tigers 69-45.

Even with the Aggies hav-ing 22 turnovers they held the Tigers to a 29.2 shooting percentage overall and 10 percent shooting from behind the arc.

“My team played very good tonight,” said Bibbs. “They rebounded the shot well from the free throw line and played good defense. That’s what we worked on so I’m very proud of my girls.”

Adair, who recorded an-other double-double, ex-plained that her ultimate goal was to become the MEAC rookie of the year.

A&T will host the Eagles of N.C. Central Saturday in a double-header rivalry with the men’s and women’s team.

The last time the two wom-en’s teams played against each other, the Aggies pulled out a 53-50 win over the Ea-gles in January.

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this week in arts and entertainment.

ghost rider: spirit of vengeance In the suc-cessor to the worldwide hit “Ghost Rider,” Johnny still struggling with his curse as the devil’s bounty hunter is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy from the devil. At first, Johnny is reluc-tant to embrace the power of the Ghost Rider, but it is the only way to protect the boy and possibly rid himself of the curse forever.

on screen

big k.r.i.t is a newcomer to the big rap industry. He is re-leasing another mixtape titled “4eva n a Day.” The album is

set to be ready for fans Friday. This mixtape is being released to build my anticipation for his debut album “Live from the Underground,” which is under Def Jam records. Expect a good listen from his 14 songs on the mixtape.

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auditions for india. arie are being held Sunday, February 19th in Stallings Ballroom from 2pm-7pm. Only 30 people will be accepted, with no more than 4 people per act. For the audtion a 3 minute performance is re-quired. The India Arie concert will be held April 25th in Har-rison Auditorium at 7:30pm. If you have any questions or comments email ncatlya@gmail. This concert, workshop and auditions are sponsored by Miss A&T: Jasmin Gurley and Richard B. Harrison Players.

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Feb. 15th to 21st

1. Are you still mad you didn’t have a Valentine? 2. Why? 3. Did you go to the mail center to open your box and find nothing? 4. Isn’t that the true definition of ‘Cold World’? 5. Or is it being in the newsroom Valentine’s Day making a paper for you all? 6. How many of you all are bandwagon Whitney fans? 7. It’s not right, but is it ok? 8. If you didn’t get the word play in question 7, did you know you’re a bandwagon Whitney fan? 9. Speaking of bandwagons, did you hop on the Adele-train after Sunday? 10. So you think you’re “Rolling in the Deep” now? 11. Question 10 is pretty corny don’t you think? 12. Or did you actually laugh at it? 13. If we put Adele on the football team would we go undefeated? 14. Yea, it’s too early for football team jokes, right? 15. You got your outfit together for the Central game? 16. Better question: you got your ticket for the Central game? 17. What’s the after-game move Aggies? 18. More importantly, who has the pregame move before the game? 19. Are you salty right now, since you loafed and didn’t get a free ticket? 20. Even after these are you STILL bitter for not having a Valentine yesterday?

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Music’s elite win big at Grammysashley vauGhn

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Music’s greatest night lived through its 54th annual Gram-my Awards, held in the usual hosting city of Los Angeles. The night was darkened with a cloud of somberness, due to the breaking news of singer Whit-ney Houston’s death the day before.

Everyone from producers, actors and singers were mourn-ing the loss of a music legend during the awards, especially since she was scheduled to be present at the event.

The show started with rocker Bruce Springsteen performing. The host of the night was rap-per/actor LL Cool J. He was the show’s first host in seven years. He opened the night with a sur-prising prayer dedicated to the late Whitney Houston and her family. The show still went on as planned, though a sense of sadness resonated throughout it.

Newcomer Bruno Mars per-formed a James Brown rendi-tion of his song “Runaway.” He shined in a sparkling vintage in-spired gold blazer, and matching gold bow-tie, with background singers wearing the same. He kept it old school with a full live band. His performance stood out because he stuck to his real music roots, letting his talent speak for itself.

The first award of the night, Best Pop Solo Performance, was awarded to the British pop star Adele for her hit single “Some-one Like You.” This was one of many wins for her that night.

Another highlight of the night was Chris Brown’s come-back to the Grammy stage. He did not disappoint with per-forming his new dance hit “Turn Up the Music” and the up-beat song “Beautiful People.” He kept the audience entertained with flawless dance moves and high energy. At the end of his performance he simply waved at the crowd and took a bow of appreciation.

The night did not end there for the talented singer as he later performed with dance producer David Guetta and Lil’ Wayne.

He also won the award for Best R&B album for his lat-est release “F.A.M.E.” During the speech he thanked God, and seemed to get a little emo-tional in showing his apprecia-tion to his fans. It is safe to say that Brown made his presence known at this year’s award show with two performances and win-ning his first Grammy.

Chris Brown’s ex, Rihanna, had fans anticipating her per-formance. She started her time on stage acting out her video for “We Found Love.” She stayed true to her Barbados roots with her dance moves and sex ap-peal. From that performance she joined band Coldplay with singing “Princess of China.” The band finished their set sing-ing popular hit “Paradise” with a dark background and neon lighting details.

The night took a histori-cal turn when classics like the Beach Boys reunited on stage and performed some of their hits. Another music pioneer Paul McCartney hit the stage and performed a song perfect for the Valentine holiday, “My

Valentine.” The much-anticipated mo-

ment of the night came when Jennifer Hudson was intro-duced to the stage to pay trib-ute to Whitney Houston. She performed one song, Houston’s classic “I Will Always Love You.” Hudson, who did not seem to belt the song like we all knew she could, kept her poise throughout the song, only getting emotional towards the end. Some may have wanted a longer or even better tribute for Houston, but people have to remember the show had been planned months prior to, and the producers could not switch the entire show around. The tribute was short, but sweet, just like it needed to be.

As for the rest of the perfor-mances, Katy Perry performed a high energy set with singing her hit “E.T.”, and she also debuted a song titled “Part of Me” which seemed to take aim at her ex- husband Russell Brand.

Nicki Minaj was the last per-

formance of the night. Her per-formance left most confused, disappointed and at a lost for words. She put on more of a production instead of perform-ing. She even had a short video prelude titled “The Exorcism of Roman.”

On a more positive note, Adele won the big award of the night, Song of the Year, for “Rolling in the Deep” and Best Pop Vocal Album for “21.” At the end of the night Adele had six awards in total.

All in all the Grammys was far from the best this year. From production problems to lacklus-ter performances and mediocre attendance, the awards were not at all memorable. There were few surprises and the show was predictable in many ways (mi-nus Nicki’s performance).

The night’s best moments were Adele’s success, Chris Brown’s comeback, Rihanna and Coldplay’s perfomance and the emotion behind Whitney Houston’s tribute.

‘Safe House’ is a safe bet

The action thriller “Safe House” holds up to its tag line “No One Is Safe.” Its fast paced action and over the top car chases will have you won-dering whether you are actu-ally watching a Jason Bourne movie or a James Bond Film. Though both films are good this one is nothing like we have seen before.

Matt Weston (Ryan Reyn-olds) plays the role of a low-level secret agent who must protect Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington), a dangerous rouge agent the CIA wants caught.

Frost has been remanded to a “Safe House,” but an attack from unknown brutal mili-tants force he and Weston on the run and ponder who wants them dead and why.

Denzel reminds us once again why he is the best in the business of professional act-ing with a performance sure to leave audiences begging for more. Of course this is not the first time we have seen Denzel in the bad guy role as he also played the part in “Training Day.”

There are very few actors who can display both sides of good and evil. Denzel does this in a believable way, cre-ating a kind of paranoia as to what side he is really on.

The Ryan Reynolds we have seen in movies such as “The Proposal” and “Just

Friends” does not exist here; Reynolds has a serious, atten-tion grabbing performance with-out the use of his usual smart attitude routine along with his slapstick comedy.

Certain scenes throughout the movie will leave you guess-ing who can be trusted while others will keep you focused on the heart and soul of both char-acters.

The one downside that I have is its use of the “shaky camera technique” to draw in more ac-tion than necessary.

There are also scenes you miss if you look away too fast while others will leave you questioning how the action started in the first place. Overall the movie delivers as an action spy thriller with a few twists but nothing that drags the story from its goal to entertain the au-dience.

“Safe House” is a grade A action thriller that gives the fans of both actors nothing short of a grand performance.

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lOs anGeles — Investigators worked Sunday to piece togeth-er what killed Whitney Houston as the music industry’s biggest names gathered for a Grammy Awards show that at times felt as much like a memorial as a celebration.

Coroner’s officials say they will not release any informa-tion on an autopsy performed Sunday at the request of police detectives investigating the singer’s death. The singer was found in the bathtub of her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, but Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter declined to say anything more about the room’s condi-tion or any evidence investiga-tors recovered.

He said there were no obvi-ous signs of trauma on Hous-ton’s body, but that officials

were not ruling out any causes of death until they have toxi-cology results, which will take weeks to obtain.

Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said that his agency may release more de-tails Monday about Houston’s death, but it will depend on whether detectives feel com-fortable releasing any informa-tion.

Rosen said there were no indications of foul play when Houston was found by a mem-ber of her entourage. Paramed-ics worked to revive Houston, but were unsuccessful and the singer was pronounced dead shortly before 4 p.m. He said he could not comment on the condition of Houston’s room or where she had been found.

Meanwhile, Houston’s daughter was transported by ambulance to a Los Angeles hospital Sunday morning and later released. A source close to the family who did not want to speak given the sensitiv-ity of the matter said she was treated and released for stress and anxiety. Bobbi Kristina Brown, 18, who is Houston’s daughter from her marriage to singer Bobby Brown, had accompanied her mother to several pre-Grammy Awards events last week.

“At this time, we ask for pri-vacy, especially for my daugh-ter, Bobbi Kristina,” Bobby Brown wrote in a statement re-leased about an hour after she was transported from the hotel. “I appreciate all of the condo-lences that have been directed towards my family and I at this most difficult time.”

anthOny MccaRtneyAssociated Press

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