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TenureprocessrevealskinksBY LOVEMORE MASAKADZA

ECHO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

It is, perhaps, the most crucial moment in aprofessor’s career.

After seven years at N.C. CentralUniversity, the professor completes a thickportfolio and applies for tenure – permanentemployment. If denied tenure, the professorhas one year to find work elsewhere.

“It’s an extremely important decision,” saidProvost Lucy Reuben. “The person gettingtenure teaching you could be the person stillhere teaching your child or grandchild. So theissue is that you have to have high standards.”

In the portfolio, the professor documentshis or her teaching evaluations, researchaccomplishments and University service.

According to the Faculty Handbook, theportfolio should pass from department col-leagues and chair to dean of the school toprovost and then to Chancellor. TheChancellor then consults with the FacultyPersonnel Committee.

At each stage of the process, the professoris either recommended for tenure or not.Then the decision is reported to the Board ofTrustees and the UNC Board of Governors.

“It is not uncommon to have varying recom-mendations at varying levels,” said Reuben.“Sometimes you have the same recommenda-tion — no, no, no, no, no — and sometimes you

BY KRISTEN HUNTERECHO STAFF WRITER

Russell Simmons — who some call thegodfather of hip-hop — will be visiting N.C.Central University Oct. 28 to talk to studentsabout financial literacy and the importanceof voting.

Simmons, the founder ofmultiple companies, is mostfamous for being thefounder of Def Jam recordsand Phat Farm Clothing.

Simmons is scheduled tobe a panelist for the Businessand Industry Cluster sessionon Student FinancialLiteracy at 10:40 a.m. in theB.N. Duke Auditorium.

Other panelists includeCindy Love, director of student professionaldevelopment at NCCU, and Donald Byrd,vice president of Business Development forthe “Rush Card.”

William Smith, president and CEO ofMutual Community Savings Bank, will mod-erate the session.

There will be a student reception after-wards in the atrium of B.N. Duke at 11:30.

Tickets for the student reception are free

BY CAROLYN MCGILLECHO STAFF WRITER

On Oct. 14 during 10:40 break about 1,200N.C. Central University students, faculty andadministrators marched from the AlfonsoElder Student Union to Hillside High Schoolto vote — but only 425 were able to cast theirearly vote.

The crowd was so large it caught theDurham County Board of Elections by sur-prise.

The board had only four employees onhand at the poll, and they had just threecomputers.

During the two mile walk, students sport-ed “Vote or Die” T-shirts and sang “AmazingGrace” and “We Shall Overcome.”

Business junior Stan Jones drove fromRaleigh to participate in the March. Criminaljustice sophomore Alexis Shaw, who recentlybroke her foot, marched with her crutches.

Students said that they are concernedabout a number of issues, including fundingfor education, outsourcing, employmentissues, terrorism and the war in Iraq.

Passing cars honked their support as the

It’s either President George W. Bush orSen. John Kerry. The choice is nobodyelse’s but the Americans’.

On Tuesday when Americans line up tocast their ballots in the presidential elec-

tion, the rest of the worldwill be watching closelybecause the elections willalso affect them dearly.

It was no coincidence thatforeign policy was a majorcomponent of the presiden-tial debates.

The president thatAmericans choose is the onewho will be the commander-in-chief, the one who willdecide whether to flexAmerica’s military or econom-ic muscle in other parts of theworld.

He will be the one whodecides whether to condemn human rightsabuses or to look the other way.

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WASHINGTON — PresidentBush and Sen. John F. Kerry,in a race dividing Americansfar more along lines of cul-tural values than economicinterests, remain locked in adead heat one week beforeElection Day, a Los AngelesTimes Poll has found.

Whether measuredamong all registered votersor only those viewed as mostlikely to vote, and with orwithout independent RalphNader in the mix, the pollfinds Kerry and Bush in astatistical tie.

Among likely voters, Bushand Kerry each draws 48percent, with Nader attract-

ing 1 percent and 3 percentundecided. Without Nader,Bush is backed by 49 per-cent, Kerry by 48 percentamong likely voters — a sta-tistically insignificant dif-ference. Undecideds againtotal 3 percent.

The survey also finds vot-ers split exactly in half onBush’s performance as presi-dent — and almost in half onhis decision to invade Iraq.

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efforts to turn out the vote. The poll also signals that

the Nov. 2 election probablywill continue a generation-long pattern in which atti-tudes on noneconomicissues — from abortion toforeign policy — increasing-ly have eclipsed class as theaxis of U.S. politics.

With Bush framing therace as a stark choicebetween a liberal and a con-servative, the cultural fis-sures evident in the 2000 voteare resurfacing — perhaps ineven more dramatic fashion.

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No matter if it is P.Diddy’s “Vote or Die” T-shirt posted in the schoolbookstore or MTV’s “Rockthe Vote” campaign —everyone is hopping onthe bandwagon to raisevoting awareness.

And more and moreyoung adults between theages of 18-25 are register-ing to vote.

But the Durham Boardof Elections reports thatonly 35 percent of thosepersons registered tovote actually voted in the2000 presidential elec-tion.

Nationally, just 102 mil-lion of 120 million regis-tered voters actuallyvoted in 2000.

Barry Garner, deputydirector of elections forDurham County, says thatonly 65 percent of youngadults registered to votemight actually vote.

“Americans have noroom to be upset when thepresident makes deci-sions and they did noteven vote,” said AliciaLynch, a political science

freshman. “That’s a shame that

the percentage of peoplewho vote is so low,” saidLynch. “Society should beashamed.”

But this election maybe different.

“If we don’t vote, weare going to be in trou-ble,” said Cory Daniel Jr.,a criminal justice junior.

Cedric Branch, a physi-cal education junior ishappy he is old enough tovote. “More people shouldget involved and vote,”said Branch.

Journalism seniorShira Reese said that sheexpects more registeredyoung adults to vote thistime around.

“Voting has becomevery important to moreyoung people,” saidReese.

“A lot of people arenow sending family mem-bers off to war. People aredying. Not to mention theFlorida ‘miscount.’”

“I think people under-stand now that their voicemakes a difference.”

Deneesha Edwardscontributed to this story.

Many register,but fewer vote

BY ASHLEY INGRAMECHO STAFF WRITER

N.C. Central Universitywill celebrate the opening ofthe renovated ShepardHouse with a ribbon cuttingon Oct. 29 followingHomecoming convocationand the wreath laying at theShepard statue.

The ribbon will be cut byShepard’s great-granddaugh-ter Carolyn G. Boone.

In 1925, members of theDurham community cametogether and built theShepard House for NCCUfounder Dr. James E.Shepard and his family.Shepard lived there from1925 until his death in 1947.

Former Chancellor JuliusChambers formed theShepard House RestorationCommittee 12 years ago torepair the house so it couldserve as a reception halland a historic site.

“It’s important to respectand honor what our founderhas built, and not tear downwhat they’ve built,” saidChambers.

The renovation cost$685,000. The National ParkService awarded NCCU a$342,500 grant which wasmatched by several contri-

butions including $100,000from local developer GaryHock and $20,000 from theState Department ofCultural Research.

“The money received asmatching gifts were alldonations,” said PhyllisLotchin, chairman of therestoration committee.

From 1977 to 1986 theUniversity used the Shepard

House as the admissionsoffice. Since then it hasbeen vacant.

“A lot of repairs had to bemade because the housewas in such bad shape,” saidLesley Williams, curator ofthe restoration committee.

On Founder’s Day, thepublic will be allowed totour the first floor only. OnDec. 5, NCCU will have a

gallery opening. The publicwill then be able to tour theentire house.

The exhibition willinclude pictures, texts andrecordings.

The house has also beenused to accommodate lead-ers and artists, such as poetCountee Cullen, and educa-tors, such as Benjamin Maysand Mary McLeod Bethune.

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students marched southon Fayetteville Street.NCCU law students werestationed at intersectionsalong the way to cheer onthe students.

Chancellor James H.Ammons and MayorWilliam “Bill” Bell led themarch which was organ-ized by SGA presidentD’Weston Haywood andShawn Cunningham, vicepresident of the politicalscience club.

“This is a great day tosupport the students inthis great idea to march,”said Ammons who roamedthe crowd holding up hisvoter registration card forall to see.

“Apathy is dead andfreedom is alive,” saidHaywood at the rally thatpreceeded the march.

“Voting is so important,”said senior class presidentDeVashi Woods. “It’s timewe got out of the bushes.”

Once at Hillside HighSchool most studentsbecame frustrated anddiscouraged when theywere unable to wait in linelong enough to vote.

The last vote was cast at4:35 p.m.

Even Ammons wasunable to vote.

Students were trans-ported back on theUniversity’s buses, EagleOne and Eagle Two.

Mayor Bell had one wordto describe the studentturnout: “Tremendous.”

“The Early Votingmarch was a monumentalevent … and should be abadge of honor that ourstudents can wear proud-ly,” said Cunningham.

“I truly wish that stu-dents don’t get discouragedon voting and the processbecause of what happenedat the polls … if you’re notpart of the process, electedofficials don’t have toaddress your concerns.”

Students can still votebefore the November 2election.

On Thursday, Oct. 28,Eagle One and Eagle Twowill transport NCCU stu-dents to Hillside Highschool to try again.

“It is extraordinarily important and vital for students to vote. I’m here to inspire students to take their country back.”

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have the same recommenda-tion — yes, yes, yes.”

In 2003, five professorsfaced the tenure decision. Allfive were approved by theirdepartments and their deans,but three were not approvedby the faculty personnel com-mitte and the provost.

The problem is that theUnivxersity, by its ownaccount, did not follow theprocedures outlined in theFaculty Handbook.

According to Reuben, thecommittee reviewed theportfolios and made recom-mendations before she did.

Faculty Senate Chair KofiAmoateng said it was “totalignorance” on the part of thefaculty and the administra-tion that the procedureswere not followed.

“I thought it was how wewere following it, not know-ing it was the other way,”Amoateng said.

According to a documentprovided by the Office of theProvost, three tenure appli-cations were not approvedby the faculty committee, acommittee which, accordingto the Faculty Handbook, theChancellor should consultwith at the end of theprocess.

Chancellor James H.Ammons said they followedthe process that existedwhen he arrived.

“It was like that when Icame here,” said Ammons,who arrived in 2001. “I didn’tchange the sequence.

“The process is a fair andconsistent process thatengages all the required con-stituencies in the institution.”

But Gretchen Bataille,UNC senior vice presidentfor academic affairs, said theUniversity is expected to fol-low its policies and “if theprocess was not followedappropriately, usually, theprocess starts all over.”

“They have to abide bythe policies they laid down,”said Bataille, who addedthat faculty members shouldfollow grievance proceduresif they have problems withthe process.

Ammons said theUniversity would reevaluatefaculty members if necessary.

“If there were a rulingthat the process will have tostart all over again, I thinkwe will be obligated to dothat,” he said.

But Amoateng said theerror doesn’t warrant a review.He said the faculty membersgot a better review with thefaculty committee.

“Even if they were not fol-lowed critically, they passedthrough the threshold whereevery faculty member shouldpass to attain promotion and

tenure,” Amoateng said.He said there were even

some cases where some ofthe applications were turneddown by the faculty commit-tee and the Chancellor hadto give them back to the fac-ulty committee for review,but they still came up withthe same result.

Irving Joyner, NCCU lawprofessor and chair ofFaculty Tenure Committee,said that, even if there couldhave been a proceduralirregularity, it doesn’t neces-sarily mean the decisionshave to be overturned. Hesaid there is no procedure inthe handbook about how torectify decisions based ontechnicalities.

“The regulations make itseem they have redress, yetthey don’t,” Joyner said. “Aprocedural irregularitywould have to be worked outwith the chancellor.”

And his advice to affectedfaculty: “Work through theprocess, go see the chancel-lor or file a lawsuit.”

Margaret Bockting, anEnglish assistant professorwho has been teaching atNCCU since 1991, and wasdenied tenure in the lastacademic year, said she istrying to follow the proce-dures. She is appealing onthe grounds that she mettenure requirements.

“If the faculty membersare expected to follow theprocedures, then the admin-istration has to follow theprocedures,” said Bockting.

Hayk Melikyan, who hasbeen teaching in theDepartment of Math andComputer Science since1999, and was not approvedfor tenure last year, said hedoes not know why his appli-cation was not approved.

Melikyan, who has a maththeory named after him andreceived a strong recommen-dation from his departmentchair, said he expects regula-tions to be followed. He hastalked to the provost aboutreconsidering his tenureapplication.

“How many of them havea theory named after them?”Melikyan said. “This is apublic institution. We haverules and regulations and wehave to follow them.”

Eleanor Harrington-Austin,English associate professor,who was not approved fortenure in the year 2002-2003,said she will consult with theAmerican Association ofUniversity Professors to see ifher rights were violated.

Ammons said there are twocommittees that are workingon reviewing the processesand revising the tenure andpromotion guidelines.

and can be obtained at theOffice of Public Relations.

Simmons will be thekeynote speaker at thecluster luncheon at 12 p.m.

Simmons’ final appear-ance for the day will be asthe speaker at a “Get outand Vote” forum in theMcLendon-McDougaldGymnasium.

The event is open to thepublic and starts at 1:45p.m.

“I am very excited tohear that such an accom-plished media mogul hasdecided to come to ourcampus,” said Alexis Smith,junior marketing major.

“I am honored that hechoose NCCU out of all theother universities toinform students about theimportance of voting andfinancial literacy.”

“I think trying to edu-cate students about votingand financial literacy is agood idea,” said AprilDelcour, senior elemen-tary education major.

“We often spend toomuch time talking aboutproblems and not enoughworking to solve them.”

Simmons has recentlyturned his focus from the

record industry to otherbusiness like RushCommunications, anumbrella company for avariety of business venturesaimed at American youth.

Rush Communicationsis one of the largest black-owned businesses in theUnited States.

One of his newest ven-tures is Unifund, whichproduces the Rush Cardand the Baby Phat RushCard, a pre-paid Visa debitcard.

Simmons is alsoinvolved in many philan-thropic, political andsocial efforts.

Simmons founded the HipHop Summit Action Networkwhich is designed use hip-hop music as catalyst forsocial concerns important toAmerica’s at-risk youth.

The Hip Hop SummitAction Network’s goals isto register 20 million vot-ers over the next five years.

Simmons, along withhis brothers Joseph andDanny, founded the RushPhilanthropic ArtsFoundation in 1995. Thefoundation provides urbanyouth with exposure to thearts.

“This is a greatday to support the

students in thisidea to march.”

JAMES H. AMMONSCHANCELLOR, N.C. CENTRAL

STEPHANIE CARRECHO STAFF WRITER

The Metro Club — repre-senting the Washington, D.C.metropolitan area — hasbeen at N.C. CentralUniversity since 1988.

They are now joined bythe Tri-State Club made upof 20 students from NewJersey, New York andConnecticut.

“It’s a powerful organiza-tion that plans to create abetter university,” said EricJones, a senior from NewBrunswick, N.J.

According to the club’spresident, Jovon Berry, amarketing senior from NewBrunswick, N.J., the organi-zation is here to reach out tofreshmen and create a net-work between all studentsfrom the Tri-State area.

“It will serve as a homeaway from home for studentsfrom the Tri-State area,” saidvice president ThomasClement, a political sciencesophomore from Harlem.

The Tri-State Club iseager to become well-knownand involved on campus byproviding on-campus eventsand activities to entertainstudents.

“We don’t want people on

the yard to feel that the clubis separate from the rest ofthe school. They are wel-come to participate,” saidBerry.

Events such as workshops,blood drives, tournamentsand even motivational speak-ers are on this club’s agenda.

“We’re trying to get schoolspirit up,” said ThomasRobinson, a criminal justicesophomore from Plainfield,N.J.

“We’re trying to get theweekend life back. It’s aghost town on the week-ends,” said David Hough, abusiness sophomore fromNew Jersey.

Along with creating abond between Tri-State stu-dents at NCCU, the Tri-StateClub also wants to incorpo-rate programs with N.C. A&TUniversity’s New York-NewJersey Club, which boasts 400active members.

“We want that amount ofmembers in our club,” saidBerry. “We also want SaintAugustine’s College andShaw University involved.”

“If you’re coming from theTri-State area and you’refeeling homesick, Tri-State isdefinitely where you need tobe,” said Miss Tri-State Club,Nihera Morris, a psychology

sophomore from Jersey City,N.J. “So NCCU students getready for the Tri-State Club.It’s going to be a great year.‘Holla at ya boy!’” saidRobinson.

The group meets the firstand last Wednesday of eachmonth at 9 p.m. in theAlfonso Elder StudentUnion. Dues are $15 persemester.

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BY IHUOMA EZEHECHO STAFF WRITER

Ask Yolanda Whittedabout her life and she willtell you that she is a mother,a teacher, a manager and astudent.

An English education sen-ior holding down a 3.3 GPA,Whitted is a home-schoolteacher to her 9-year-old sonJayon.

She also manages Jesusand Me Christian StreetProductions, a non-profitorganization that supportsat-risk children.

This leaves little time forsleep. On a good night,Whitted will get five hoursof sleep.

“From the time I wakeup in the morning until thetime I go to bed, there isnot a time that I am notdoing something,” saidWhitted.

Whitted is not alone.Other single mothers atNCCU have serious respon-sibilities, yet they are man-aging to succeed.

Criminal Justice sopho-more Xenovia Lewis is amother of four: Quianna, 9,Quiesha, 8, Kwi’Shawn, 3and KiaAsiah, 2.

“It takes a lot of determi-nation, courage and hardwork to make it throughevery single day,” saidLewis.

But being a good exampleto her children is a top pri-ority for Lewis, even whentimes get tough.

“I have no excuse for notexcelling because my chil-dren look up to me. The onlysupport that I get is earnedby working. I receive no sup-port from any agenciesbecause they would not letme work or go to school full-time.”

Lewis had her first

child, Quianna, a year outof high school. She thenjoined the Navy to makeends meet.

She said her biggest fearis that her children might gothrough the same cycle --becoming young single par-ents.

According to nursingfreshman Shauntè Rivera,“through every passing dayis a discovery of new chal-lenges.”

Rivera is raising two chil-dren: Daeza, 2, and Jaida, 18months.

She gets support from theInterfaith Hospitality Network,which provides day carevouchers, and lives at Genesis,a transitional home with sevenother women and their 14 chil-dren.

Rivera believes this wayof life can be difficult for

anyone. “Each of us has different

goals in life. It’s very hard todeal with all these traumas,yet keep up with schoolwork.”

Thinking of her childrenand their future is whatmakes it all worthwhile forRivera.

“My kids keep me going,”she said. “I am all that theyhave. I have to be a goodexample so they can see mesucceed in my life, andtherefore, succeed in theirs.

“Hard work and strug-gling got me to NCCU. Sowhile I’m here, I have tomake the best use of myopportunity.”

Rivera is serious abouther studies and is proud ofher success.

“I want my kids to bestrong independent women.

I want them to see howmommy has struggled toprovide them with theirbasic needs. I want them todo even better in their ownlives,” said Rivera.

Rivera said younger stu-dents who are not doing wellin school should be moreaware of what consequencescome with slacking off.

“Look at what you havenow and what you aspire tohave and re-evaluate your-self. Be honest with yourselfbecause truth be told, youdon’t need clubs, boyfriendsor girlfriends right now,” shesaid.

“You can choose to workhard now and enjoy later, orchoose to enjoy now andspend the rest of your lifeworking and chasing a fewdollars.”

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BY QUENTIN N. GARDNERECHO STAFF WRITER

Around this time lastyear, the Ex Umbra staffwould be making theirannual push to solicit sub-

mission for N.C. CentralUniversity’s literary maga-zine.

But this year things aredifferent.

The Ex Umbra — whichhas been in print since1965 — no longer exists.

“I was hurt,” said AngelaHaile. “It was important tothe NCCU community.”

Haile, who worked onthe 2003 Ex Umbra, wasscheduled to become thisyear’s editor. She said shehad already collected manypoems and stories for thisyear’s edition.

According to the literarymagazine’s faculty adviser,Andrew Williams, the ExUmbra typically received150-200 poems and shortstories each year from stu-dents.

Williams is an associateprofessor in theDepartment of English andMass Communication.

He said the purpose ofthe Ex Umbra was “to givea creative voice to the uni-versity’s community.”

In the very first issue,the students explained tworeasons for selecting thename Ex Umbra, which isLatin for “Out of theShadows.”

The original staffbelieved that the studentbody was too much in theshadows and needed to bebrought into light wheretheir peers could recognizetheir work.

Williams said he discov-ered in July that the ExUmbra office had beencleared out and the com-puter equipment had beenmoved to storage.

The office was given tothe yearbook staff.

“I felt great shock anddisappointment,” saidWilliams, who complainedthat neither he nor theEnglish department hadbeen notified of thechange.

Williams said the ExUmbra is going to bemissed.

“Students no longerhave an outlet for their cre-ative expression,” he said.

According to RolandGaines, vice chancellor forStudent Affairs, funding forthe Ex Umbra was cut tofund other programs.

“Before every academicyear I look at the budgets,”said Gaines. “I felt that theresources could be man-aged better.”

Gaines said he directedthe funds to Orientation,First-Year Experience andthe Women’s Center.

Ex Umbra’s annualbudget was $7,000. Therewere six staff members in2003. The editor received astipend of $1,800 per year.Printing costs were about$4,000.

According to Williams,the Ex Umbra has beenunder budget for nineyears.

Gaines said he has nottalked to Williams about hisdecision to cut the funds.

“I don’t know when wewill meet,” Gaines said.

Gaines said he caresabout the student’s cre-ative expression and that ifstudents want to start theEx Umbra back up, thenthe university will providefunding for it.

Campus literarymagazine nixedEx Umbra had 39-year run

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He is the man who isgoing to determinewhether it's necessary tohave American blood spiltfor the cause of peoplefrom Somalia, Liberia,Kuwait, Haiti or Serbia.

That man is also the onewho is going to come upwith strategies on how toengage other powerful coun-tries like France, Germany,Britain and Japan.

When the results of theelections are announcedeven Osama bin Laden —where ever he is, if he isstill a resident of earth —will be watching becausehe will want to know thedegree to which he will behunted.

There are some coun-

tries where the oppressedjust want to hear thatelected president condemntheir government’s brutalactions; there are somecountries where peoplethink that such a condem-nation is meddling in theiraffairs.

It’s going to be up to thepresident to define whatmeddling in the affairs ofother countries is andwhat helping theoppressed is.

With the scourge ofAIDS rampaging in Africaand the other parts of theworld that man will decidewhether to save the livesthe lives of millions.

A legion of world lead-ers will be calling the vic-

torious man to congratu-late and some may even bevisiting him after the elec-tions.

They will be hoping thatthe man treats them goodfor the next year.

Go ahead and exerciseyour democratic right tovote so that you will get ahealth economy, goodsocial security, healthcare,education and many othervaluable benefits.

But remember: Thewhole world is watchingand hoping the honorablepresident of the UnitedStates of America willmake the world a betterworld.

Kerry or Bush? The choice is yours.

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which 881 were deemed likely tovote, from last Thursday throughSaturday. It has a margin of sam-pling error of plus or minus threepercentage points for both groups.

The poll’s findings are in linewith most other national surveys,which generally show Bush tied ornarrowly leading Kerry, but usuallyjust below the 50 percent level insupport considered a critical meas-ure of an incumbent’s re-electionprospects.

The Times Poll used a series ofquestions to determine thoserespondents most likely to vote.Unlike some other recent polls, itfound little difference in the prefer-ences of that group and all regis-tered voters.

Among registered voters, a three-way race is still tied: Bush andKerry each draw 47 percent, withNader attracting 1 percent. In a two-

way race, Kerry is supported by 48percent, Bush 47 percent — again, astatistically insignificant margin.

In its final days, the race is blur-ring some of the electorate’s famil-iar divides but emphatically deep-ening others, according to the poll.

Much smaller than in recent pres-idential elections is the gender gapbetween men, the majority of whomusually vote Republican, and women,who usually lean Democratic.

But Bush’s message is helpinghim gain ground among lower mid-dle-income and less well-educatedvoters ambivalent about his eco-nomic record. Conversely, the mes-sage is costing him with more afflu-ent and better-educated familiesthat historically have supportedRepublicans.

Strikingly, Bush leads Kerry inthe poll among lower- and middle-income white voters, but trails his

rival among whites earning at least$100,000 a year.

Bush also runs best among voterswithout college degrees, whileKerry leads not only among college-educated women (a traditionalDemocratic constituency), butamong college-educated men -- usu-ally one of the electorate’s most reli-ably GOP groups in the electorate.

Consistently in the poll, culturalindicators prove more powerfulpredictors of candidate supportthan economic status.

While the differences in supportfor Bush and Kerry among men and women each is within the survey’smargin of error, the poll finds ahuge “marriage gap.’’ Married vot-ers, who traditionally take moreconservative positions on socialissues, give Bush a 12 percentage-point lead, while singles (usuallymore liberal on social and econom-

ic issues) prefer Kerry by 20 points. Nearly two-thirds of likely voters

who attend church at least weeklysaid they would vote for Bush;among whites who attend churchthat often, Bush’s support soared tonearly three-fourths.

But Kerry draws three-fifths ofthose who attend church less often,including 55 percent of whites. Someof these voters recoil against Bush’sheavy use of religious imagery.

Bush is backed in the poll by justmore than three-fifths of Americanswho own a gun, while just less thanthree-fifths of those who don’t pre-fer Kerry. The Democrat is support-ed by almost two-thirds of urbanvoters, Bush nearly three-fifths ofrural and small-town voters; subur-banites split almost exactly in half.

These results closely replicatethe results of the 2000 election.

The new poll found that voters

do not divide as predictably alonglines of economic class.

For all the Democratic promisesto protect the middle-class --despite the traditional GOP identi-fication as the party of the rich --Bush runs best among voters clus-tered around the nation’s medianincome of roughly $43,000 perhousehold, while Kerry is strongestamong the least affluent and themost comfortable, the survey found.

This pattern is vividly illustratedwhen minority voters, who tend tovote heavily Democratic, are sepa-rated from the results.

Lower-income whites like Bush’sproposal for a constitutional amend-ment to ban gay marriage, but onlyone-quarter of them believe his poli-cies have helped the economy. Andthey split almost evenly on whetherthe president made the right deci-sion to invade Iraq.

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It’s déjà vu all over again. It’s the annual tradition of crowningthe new queen. The Coronation of the new Miss N.C. CentralUniversity, Sharonda Arnold, and the University’s organizationalqueens kicked off Homecoming 2004 Sunday in the McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium.

After weeks of preparations, rehearsal of dance routines, andtrips to the hair dressers and tuxedo rental shops, it was finallytime. The radiant NCCU queens, with their beaming smiles andbeautiful maroon and grey gowns, took to the floor with their hand-some escorts as they entertained the crowd. Their graceful move-ments were a prelude to the rest of the royal evening.

Miss NCCU entered the room with beauty and grace as “IBelieve” by Fantasia played in the background. She gave an emo-tional, heartfelt speech which brought people in the audience totears.

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Art alumni comes home

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BY JULIUS JONESECHO STAFF WRITER

From his closely cut hairto his lively body expres-sions, Jamie Foxx brings thelate great Ray Charles backto life in the new movie,“Ray.”

“Ray” is a never-beforetold biographical drama thatshows Foxx delving into RayCharles’s struggles withpoverty and personal dark-ness.

For 15 years, producersfought to find an exceptionalactor and seize funds to getthe project rolling.

At the end of this battle,funds were found and JamieFoxx, star of “The JamieFoxx Show,” was the man forthe part.

“He’s the one,” said RayCharles, in a press releasefrom Roz Stevenson Public

Relations, speaking aboutFoxx after a brief piano ses-sion to see if Foxx was rightfor the part.

It was a perfect match.Foxx started playing

piano at the age of three justlike Ray Charles.

He also “led the band athis Texas church during hisyouth and received a univer-sity piano scholarship,” saidRoz Stevenson.

During pre-production of“Ray,” Foxx attended classesat the Braille Institute,immersed himself in jazz andblues, and walked aroundblind-folded for hours to gaina personal understanding ofRay Charles.

But did all the hard workmake critics flock to see themovie?

“Early reviews suggestthat Mr. Foxx will be imme-diately short-listed for the

Best Actor award, in partbecause he inhabits the roleof a recently deceasedAmerican icon,” accordingto David Carr of “The WeekReview” (NYTIMES.COM).

With early reviews givinghim high praise, viewersshould not be disappointedor discouraged with whatthey see.

“Ray” is produced anddirected by filmmakerTaylor Hackford, producerof “When We Were Kings.”

The work brings togetheractors including CliftonPowell (Jeff Brown) from“Never Die Alone,” actressKerry Washington (DellaBea Robinson) from “SheHate Me,” and Larenz Tate(Quincy Jones) from “LoveJones.”

“Ray” is scheduled todebut worldwide October29, 2004.

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black hand side

After years of waiting fora new sound to emergefrom Mos Def, he drops hislatest album into our lapsentitled “The New Danger.”

Already being subjectedto questions if Mos Def ’soriginality still resonatesthrough the album, this fallseason he brought us some-thing to think about lyrical-ly as well as a new hip hopsound reflective of his timein Black Jack Johnson.

Still rocking it, thealbums begins with ‘TheBoogie Man Song’ whisper-ing through ears to softlyopen up minds to ‘Freaky

Black Greetings.’These two tracks supply

a warm-up to ‘Ghetto Rock,’hitting the audience withguitar rips and delivering alesson on how to rock inNew York City.

Inside ‘The Rape Over’Mos rips a new hole intothe beats of Jay-Z’s‘Takeover.’

Who is running this rapgame? Mos gave betteranswers of what is going oninside the industry than thestated questions fromJadakiss’ summer hit, ‘Why.’“I let you sip/ comes anarmy/ get a Mercedes/ andkick back and let you payme/ my mack is crazy.”

Knocking down every-thing that mainstream rapstands for, Mos Def reallylets the audience knowwho’s running this rapgame (*cough* Viacom*cough*).

All together, Mos Def hasevolved from gritty NewYork rapper to talentedwell-rounded musician,exchanging synthetic beatsfor live instrumentals andsultry vocals over tracks.

Besides… don’t be wor-ried if Mos Def is turninginto another Andre 3000.

He’s just elevating thelistening audiences toanother level of hip hopthat may or may not becomprehended.

Mos Def ’s “The NewDanger” can gracefullyslide in and earn a nourish-ing five out of five on theblack hand side. Cop thisalbum and peep the track,‘Close Edge,’ which he per-formed on the first episodeof “The Dave ChappelleShow.” Peace.

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The photography ofnationally acclaimed pho-tojournalist Alexander‘Alex’ Rivera is on displayat the N.C. CentralUniversity Art Museumwith the show “PicturingBlack America.”

The exhibit not onlyfocuses on the civil rightsmovement but also photo-graphs of celebrities thatpassed through Durham atthe same time.

The show will run fromOct. 17 to Nov. 3. A recep-tion for Rivera will be heldOct. 29 at 2:30 pm in themuseum.

Stay for healthy servingsof photographs ofThurgood Marshall, MarionAnderson, and EmperorHalle Selassie.

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It’s about time, is all Ihave to say. A campaignhas finally been created

to raise money for theAthletic Department. The$1,000 Eagle Campaign ishere.

I recently saw the $1,000Eagle mem-ber boardand it mademe proud tobe an Eagle.I was proudthat I waspart of ane s t a b l i s h -ment thathad alumniwho arewilling tod e d i c a t etheir timeand moneyto a worthy

cause. The names on the board

represent people who gave$1,000 to the campaign. Thecampaign’s final goal is toraise $1 million for the ath-letes.

Finally our athletes canget the things that theyneed. Not half of the thingsthey need, but all of thethings.

The $1,000 Eagle mem-bers are willing to dedicatetheir money to athletes whohave been neglected. Thatmakes me proud and excit-ed to be an Eagle.

I believe that in the yearsto come this money will begreatly appreciated by theathletes.

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Maybe games againstDuke and Carolina will nolonger be exhibition games.

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BY DETRIC BRANCHECHO STAFF WRITER

The N.C. CentralUniversity men’s andwomen’s cross countryteams showed their EaglePride at the CIAA CrossCountry Championshipsheld Thursday, Oct. 21 at

SAS Soccer Park in Cary.The men’s cross country

team captured its first CIAAcross country title in theschool’s history.

The Eagles defeatedseven-time defendingchampion Saint Augustine’sCollege by the smallest mar-gin in CIAA history, 35-36.Last year, NCCU lost to SACby three points.

NCCU is the first team todefeat SAC for the CIAAmen’s cross country cham-pionship since Norfolk

State in 1996.Five Eagles placed in the

top 10. Eric Speer andRashaad Lee led the wayplacing fourth and fifth.Joseph Estevez took sev-enth; John Austin placedninth; and RobertCurington finished 10th.

Jean-Pierre Joubert fin-ished in 12th place.

“I’m extremely happyabout us winning the CIAAChampionship,” freshmanRashaad Lee said. “Myteammates and I have been

training hard since thesummer and winning theCIAA is our reward.”

Freshman YolandaBarber claimed thewomen’s individual titlewith Aisha Brown finishingclose behind in fourth. Thewomen’s cross country teamcaptured a third place teamfinish overall.

“The cross country teamscompeted like the champi-ons that I know they are.This is one of the best crosscountry and track and field

teams that I have evercoached. I know this is onlythe beginning,” said headcoach Mike Lawson.

Lawson has been atNCCU for the past 14 years.Since his arrival, he hasbeen working with the crosscountry and track and fieldprograms in hopes of bring-ing home a title.

“Every year we havecome up short,” saidLawson. “[Winning] is like abig boulder is finally liftedoff of my back.”

BY ERICKA HOLTECHO STAFF WRITER

After an impressive 52-21victory over LivingstoneCollege the N.C. CentralUniversity football team finditself in a serious situation.

Homecoming 2004 isgoing to be a battle as theEagles face off with theVirgina State UniversityTrojans.

The Trojans will presenta great challenge, but that’sthe least of the Eagles wor-ries.

If the Eagles fail to defeatthe Trojans then the seasonis over.

If they defeat VSU, theyhave to hope thatFayetteville State Universityloses to Livingstone so theycan play in the CIAA champi-onship.

They also need this win tomove up in the nationalrankings to secure a spot inthe NCAA Division II play-offs.

The Eagles are currentlyin seventh place. They needto rank at least sixth in orderto continue the season.

The game depends on theoffensive leadership of quar-terback Adrian Warren andthe offensive line.

If the offensive line canopen up holes for the run-ning game, and give Warrenthe time he needs, thisshould be a good game forthe Eagles.

Saturday’s contest favorsVSU historically, as theyhold a 27-22-4 lifetimerecord over NCCU. Thematch-up dates back to 1923,when the Eagles were dis-mantled by the Trojans 70-0.

The Eagles haven’t lost athome against VSU since1994.

They also have a 52-16-2all time homecoming record.

This year’s game will bethe first to be played againsta team other thanLivingstone or Johnson C.Smith University since 1990.

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The AMF Bowling Lanes inDurham is usually filled with chil-dren and families trying to relievetheir everyday stresses or just forpeople who want to have a good time.

But there is another group of peo-ple who go to the lanes, and it’s notjust for recreation.

This is where the N.C. CentralUniversity Lady Eagles BowlingTeam is practicing until renovationsare in the bowling alley in A. E.Student Union.

The Lady Eagles are currentlypreparing for the upcoming champi-onship that will be hosted by NCCUfrom November 7-9 at AMF BowlingLanes where they hope to add anoth-er championship victory to theirCIAA title.

Since bowling was made confer-ence sport in 2001, the Lady Eagleshave not only won a championship,but also placed second in 2002 and2003.

This year they are in second placein the points standing as they marchto the championship.

They attribute their success toremaining intense without beingtense and their closeness as a teamand as sisters.

Though the bulk of their hardwork and talent goes unnoticed by

the many at the University, they stillcontinue to win and enjoy the sport.

Bringing home another champi-onship would be the coup de grâcefor these ladies and their coach. Theteam feels it has an excellent chance

of succeeding. Of the five Lady Eagles, only

Jebria Buntyn, who bowled in hermother’s league, had any prior bowl-ing experience. The rest — KimDedmon, Beverly Ford, TiffanyJohnson and Shellise Epps — hadonly bowled recreationally.

Upon joining the Lady Eagles, allhave benefited from the expertiseand talent of Coach Lina Stewart,who bowled at NCCU when bowlingwas a club sport in the 1970s.

Informal in practices and coach-ing style, Stewart has formed a tightbond with all of his athletes.

He has been with a majority of theteam members for the teams’ threeyears.

“I am kind of like a surrogatefather,” Stewart said. “It’s like afamily and we are like a familyunit.”

Stewart said his wife even helpsout with the team.

The ultimate goal of the NCCULady Eagles Bowling team is to winthe championship this year. Notaccomplishing this goal would notmake the season a failure to them,but if you ask, they all will tell you,“we want to win.”

“There is no pressure to win, butthe pressure comes from the play-ers,” Stewart said. “You can’t gettackled or blocked. It’s just youagainst the lanes.”

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To the Editor:

I am writing in responseto an editorial by SheenaJohnson entitled, “Respect:Sock it to me,” in whichNCCU head football coachRod Broadway was criti-cized for his dealings withthe Campus Echo.

In the column, Ms.Johnson cited a situationthat reportedly happenedbetween Coach Broadwayand a Campus Echoreporter following theSaint Augustine’s game inRaleigh.

She wrote, “… an Echostaffer extended his handto Broadway to congratu-late him and he said to thestaffer, ‘Not you man, for-get you.’ Broadway thenwalked to his coachingstaff, shook their hands,and began talking to them.”

When I asked CoachBroadway about the situa-tion he said, “That neverhappened. I never saidthat. Why would I saysomething like that?”

Coach Broadway wenton to explain what tookplace after the game. Hewas walking back to thelocker room after theEagles’ narrow victory overthe Falcons when he sawmembers of his coachingstaff sitting with theirheads down and lookingdiscouraged.

Coach Broadway wentup to his coaches in anattempt to lift their spiritsand said, “Come on guys,we just won the game. Getyour heads up.”

Coach Broadway thenstarted giving ‘high-fives’ tothe coaches when theCampus Echo reportercame up behind him andtried to shake his hand.Coach Broadway turnedand said jokingly, “You’renot a coach,” and proceed-ed slapping the hands ofhis coaching staff.

Certainly, no disrespectwas intended. CoachBroadway was in the mid-dle of cheering up hiscoaching staff when thereporter approached him.

The situation was takenout of context.

Ms. Johnson also wrote,“When the Echo reporterasked him a questionregarding last year’s team,he said loudly: ‘I’m goingto say this one last time.We are not the sameteam.’”

Coach Broadway did saythat and he did raise hisvoice; however, the quoteis incomplete and theresponse was not directedat the Campus Echoreporter.

Coach Broadway hasbeen asked that questionabout last year’s teammany times by a reporterfrom a local daily newspa-per, and hehas alwaysgiven thesame answer.

When theCampus Echoreporteraskedthe

same question, Broadwayreplied, “I am going to saythis one last time,” thenCoach Broadway turned tothe reporter from the localdaily newspaper andadded, “And this goes foryou too (using the dailynewspaper reporter’sname). We are not the sameteam!” Coach Broadway and thedaily newspaper reporterthen exchanged smiles.

Coach Broadway didraise his voice, but he didso in order to place empha-sis on the point he wasmaking, not to be rude ordisrespectful.

In spite of what Ms.Johnson wrote, CoachBroadway does not haveany hard feelings towardsthe Campus Echo.

Furthermore, in my twoseasons of working withCoach Broadway, I havenever known him to be dis-respectful or rude withmembers of the media.

He has never declinedan interview and hasanswered all questions.

I was saddened to readthe editorial in the CampusEcho criticizing CoachBroadway because I knowhow hard he has worked torally the NCCU students,faculty and staff, as well asthe Durham community,around the Eagles footballprogram.

I only hope the readersof the Campus Echo willtake the time to get toknow Coach Broadwaybefore they pass judgmenton him.

Respectfully submitted byKyle SerbaNCCU Director of SportsInformation

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Dear Campus Echo Staff:

I’m writing to let youknow that I am extremelyangry about the way

Christianity is being treatedin this newspaper.

First, I saw an ad in thepaper that spoofed the cru-cifixion of Jesus Christ.

The ad for “TheLife of Brian”

(by MontyPython) wastasteless and

highly inappro-priate (even ifsome people do

call it a “clas-sic”). Youcould nothave beenpaidenoughmoney to

print such an inappropriatead.

I wonder if you wouldhave printed a spoof of alynching victim, especiallyan African-American victim.

You must think that mak-ing fun of something sosacred will be acceptable.

Christianity seems to bean open target for ridicule,but I will tell you now, thatI will not tolerate this kindof disrespect.

I will write letters, makephone calls, and do whatev-er is legally in my power tomake sure thatChristianity’s most sacredtenets are not spoofed.

Second, I read the edito-rial by Stacy Hardin enti-tled “Christians Rock theVote.”

Let me see if I under-stand her point. People canhave free speech as long aswhat they speak isn’t from a“far-right,” Christian pointof view? What a hypocrite!

If this country truly isfree, then why can’t peoplevote for the politicians thatsupport their religiousbeliefs?

When I woke up thismorning, no Christians (inthe United States) wereholding guns to people’sheads making them vote forone candidate or the other.

This editorial is based onignorance and hypocrisy,and Ms. Hardin is, sadly,more judgmental than thepeople about whom shewrites.

Also, she clearly has lit-tle understanding ofChristian theology. Herquestion, “Is one sin heldhigher than the other?”shows a clear lack of under-standing of the scriptures(particularly the TenCommandments).

Again, Christians seem tobe open targets, but I chal-lenge Ms. Hardin and oth-ers to stop being hypocriti-cal and closed minded.

Oh, and a side note,NCCU has people withwhom she could have had adiscussion.

Sincerely,Stephanie Freeman

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“I will votebecause peopledied for me to have an opinion.”

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“Yes. So I can havemy say who’sgoing to make the laws in thecountry.”

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Voting march takes a twist

I deally, the peer reviewprocess should insure thatexcessive power over hiring,

promotion and tenure decisionsis not vestedin one person.

In reality,however,some provostshave thepower to over-turn the unan-imous recom-mendations ofpeer review-ers who haveparticipatedon searchcommitteesor tenure

committees. I wonder why no one has

seen fit to limit a provost’s“veto” power to certain circum-stances—such as a split votefrom peer review committees.

Wouldn’t it also be worth-while to insist that, if a provosthas any doubts about the peer

reviewers’ rec-ommendation,then that provostshould consultwith the deanand the depart-ment chairbefore jumpingto a questionableconclusion?

One possiblesolution to theproblem of aprovost’s exces-sive power lies inthe ability of fac-ulty members torevise significant-ly the college oruniversity guide-lines for hiringand tenure procedures as well asthe descriptions of the provost’sprerogatives in university gover-nance.

As it stands now, someprovosts have more power thanentire committees of facultymembers.

Those com-mittees canonly “advise” anadministrativeofficer.

When there isunanimity atdepartment andcollege levels(and no finan-cial reason todownsize), aprovost shouldrely on thejudgment ofpeer reviewers.

According to a1993 study ofacademictenure deci-

sions by Terry Leap, facultymembers have “specializedexpertise in an academic disci-pline” as well as “knowledge offaculty members’ scholarlypotential, teaching effective-ness, and collegiality.”

Should a provost make facul-ty peer reviewers believe they

have wasted their time andenergy?

If that happens often enoughthey may decide not to taketheir responsibilities seriously.

A provost should not causetenure-track faculty members tobecome suspicious and distrust-ful.

Many of those teachers mightprefer to devote their time andenergy to research and teachinginstead of writing letters toadministrators and phoninglawyers to appeal a negativetenure decision.

After hearing about aprovost’s strange and unreason-able decisions, teachers whostill have a year or more beforethey will come up for tenuremight consider it foolish not toseek jobs elsewhere.

Why risk meeting require-ments (and having their col-leagues recommend them) fortenure only to find that theprovost doesn’t play by therules?

Power problems

It was like a scene from amovie. A massive congrega-tion of politically inspired

college students, with NorthCarolina Central and Greekparaphernalia blazing, snakedits way up hilly FayettevilleStreet. Cars passed by honking

and shoutingencouragingwords. Thestudentswaved to resi-dents whopeeked out ofwindows andstood onporches gaz-ing at theparade ofvery noisy,very motivat-ed students.

We were spurred on by themedia heavy rally held on theStudent Union Patio at 10:40break.

Soon, with the press at ourheels, the usual I-refuse-to-walk-from-the-cafeteria-to-New-Residence-Hall studentbody toted signs, sang, andmade jokes as we marched toHillside High School.

None of us marchers had any

idea what awaited us at the endof the cracked, gray cementroad.

When we crossed the streetand stepped on to HillsideHigh’s campus, we saw the stag-geringly hugeline that hadformed thatwould put anyrefund check,financial aid,or chicken dayline combinedto shame.

Instead ofimmediatelyherding our-selves onto thebuses providedto get us backto campus, weall found our place in line anddecided to wait.

Then Chancellor Ammonsstood up on a picnic table andborrowed a bullhorn.

We quieted our groans forGatorade and shade and lis-tened to our leader.

He announced to us that only100 students per hour would beallowed to vote. With around1,000 students in attendance,the possibility of all of us vot-

ing deteriorated.We thought that everything

would be organized. Wethought we were all going to beable to vote.

No one had any doubt thatanyone would beturned awayfrom performingour rights as citi-zens of this coun-try.

There was avariety of emo-tions that flewthrough thecrowd.

We were angrythat we weremotivated so pas-sionately to makethis strong state-

ment that black college stu-dents do vote. We were so dis-appointed that some of us hadmarched in vain. We even feltbetrayed because we showedour support and trusted thecoordinators to follow throughon their end of our bargain.

Some of us reluctantlywalked over to the bus andcomplained our way back tocampus.

Some of us were encouraged

to stay and participate in a sit-in by various students andother coordinators of the event,who were just as angry as wewere.

Even though some of us did-n’t get to vote, we still made ourpoint. It was not expected thatso many students from a histor-ically black college would careenough about this election.

We have broken that general-ized image of the apatheticblack college student.

So, let’s not focus on the neg-ative aspect of the march.

Let’s be proud of the factthat NCCU made its point ten-fold. NCCU’s attendance andthe determined spirit of thosewho participated in the marchshould be a perfect example ofthe weight of this election.

My reason for retelling thisevent was to encourage the restof the students, who didn’tmarch or were turned away atthe voting booth, with somepositive images of the enthusi-asm displayed by your fellowstudents that day.

I want everyone to take theevents of October 14 with youas you go to cast your vote.

Wouldn’t it also beworthwhile to insistthat, if a provost hasany doubts about the

peer reviewers’ recom-mendation, then that

provost should consultwith the dean and the

department chair beforejumping to a question-

able conclusion?

We thought that everything would

be organized. We thought we were all going to be able

to vote.

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