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OCTOBER 26, 2015 | @THEHILLTOPHU | VOLUME 100 ISSUE 14
AngelicaRussell-Johnson,Contributing Writer This past Friday, Oct. 23, a few lucky Howard students were presented with the uncommon opportunity to mingle in a ballroom concentrated with creative geniuses. From the generosity of Dr. Dana Williams, six students received invitations to attend the prestigious 25th annual Legacy
Awards hosted at the Washington Plaza Hotel by the Hurston/Wright Foundation.
“It’s wonderful that Howard students were able to witness the celebration of the Legacy Awards
and to see the lone literary foundation committed especially to promoting excellence among black established and emerging writers.” Dr. Dana Williams, the head of the English department.
Modeled after the literary fi nesse of legends Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, the
Hurston Wright Foundation’s mission is to discover, mentor, and honor Black writers.
As the namesake would suggest, the quality of writers that the organization produces and recognizes is
extraordinary- having in past years awarded dozens of authors. The likes of which include:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Kwame Dawes, Robin Kelley, and Ngugi wa’Thiong’o among dozens of others.
This star studded event boasts a sort of
subtle fl ashiness, with nearly every attendee holding a critical place in the literary, journalistic, or entertainment realm. This year’s Mistress of
Ceremonies was Golden Globe winner, Epatha Merkerson- a woman who, in addition to her dynamic personality, is in possession of an Emmy and three NAACP Image Awards, and a 17 season long run on Law & Order.
“Being surrounded by so many creative minds is nothing short of awe inspiring and to watch
these people of color be awarded for their excellence not only gives me role models to look up to, but it also gives me something to aspire to, to continue striving for” said Chelsea Irvin, a sophomore English major whose future career goals include publishing a novel of her own.
The annual awards ceremony is classically divided into two parts. First is the Hurston/
Wright
Founding Members Award for College Writers,
“The Hurston/Wright Foundation continues on its tradition of honoring excellence in writing by
Black college students with [this award]. The award, which is underwritten by a generous benefactor, is presented to Black writers in two categories, Fiction and Poetry”
The second portion of the ceremony is devoted to awarding recently published literature. The categories are broken down into: fi ction, nonfi ction, and poetry.
Distinguishing herself amongst fi ctional genres ranging from mystery to romantic mysticism author Laila Lalami was awarded the prize in fi ction for her historical realist novel entitled, The Moor’s Account.
In non-fi ction the notable Elizabeth Nunez was awarded the prize for her self refl ective piece, Not for Everyday Use.
Finally, in a bout of poetic justice, the renowned Claudia Rankine took the top spot with her social ponderance, Citizen: An American Lyric.
“It’s beautiful when a group of black talented individuals can come together in a professional and generous setting to advance the next generation. For me personally, it lets me know that I have opportunities in the world. That’s huge when being black in America.” says Sophomore literature major Carmin Wong, who has been privileged to attend the awards ceremony two years in a row.
This year’s recipient of the College Writers Award for Fiction was Grace Jean-Pierre who won for her story entitled Espwa, while the College Writer Award for Poetry was awarded to Renia White who penned the poem Syndoche.
HOWARD STUDENTS ATTEND HURSTON/WRIGHT FOUNDATION AWARDS
Howard students pictured at Hurston/Wright Foundation Awards reception
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Here’s what a few of our fellow Bison have to say about the Presidential candidates in 2016.
Joshua Bowman, Master’s in Education candidate, 1st year graduate student
“Women are really empowering our society, but I think having a woman as our leader, as our Commander in Chief and as our President will really move this nation in a whole other direction.” Bowman said.
“I think that she would really represent the United States of America with excellence, intelligence, truth, service and leadership and that Hilary is focused, ambitious and driven and wants to see the U.S. manifest into a phenomenon of greatness. I don’t like Donald Trump, it just doesn’t seem like he’s serious and I don’t think he could really rule our nation with his antics, arrogance and condescending attitude.”
Maryam Laiyemo, Senior, Administration of Justice major
“I would like Bernie Sanders to win because I feel that he under-stands the struggle of the middle class and he is also not afraid to stand up for what he believes is right...” Laiyemo said. “She [Clinton] definitely doesn’t want any Republicans to win because they’re basically in this race to see who can say the most outrageous things for the most views and somehow they’re still pulling in supporters.”
Bryce Newby Broadcast, Freshman,
“I feel like Bernie Sanders is the most qualified candidate that we have honestly, I feel people just want Hilary Clinton to be Presi-dent because of the fact that she’s a woman but they’re not really seeing the broader picture of her being an actual good candidate.” Johnson said.
“I feel like everybody doesn’t like Donald Trump obviously because he is just a horrible human being.”
Nina Fakoluju, sophomore, political science major Jabarri Charles-Barnes, sophomore, Sport Management and Economics major,
Evan Ward, Sophomore, Finance Major,
‘Before the last couple of months, I would have said Hilary but you know Bernie Sanders has recently peaked my interest so I haven’t decided yet.” said.
“I don’t want Donald Trump to win be-cause he’s insensitive and I can’t imagine him dealing with diplomatic issues and things like that so I don’t think he’s a fit.”
“I think most African Ameri-cans want Bernie Sanders to win because he’s saying all the right things to appeal to them.” Charles-Barnes said.
Jim Webb dropped out recently which is good because he was an-noying me in the debates.”
“I haven’t been doing my research and I should be but I’m leaning towards Bernie Sanders because he seems empathetic towards us African Ameri-cans.” Ward said.
“I definitely do not want Donald Trump to win, just because his whole presi-dential campaign is more of a publicity stunt that anything.”
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Local D.C Committee Celebrates Oprah’s Iconic 7-day TV series
Will Fuller News Editor
On Wednesday, Oct. 21, Howard students, faculty members and D.C. residents engaged in an
event at Sylvan Theatre near The National Mall in recognition of Oprah Winfrey’s seven-day TV series. At the event, day four of her series entitled “A Change is Going to Come” was featured and discussed upon to engender spiritual change and diverse faiths.
“I think what Oprah is doing is opening an international dialogue that has been a long-time coming,” said Rev. Dr. George E. Holmes, President of the Obama National Clergy Leadership Group and Chaplain and Religious Chair of the District of Columbia Democratic State Committee. “She is saying that there is something bigger than us that we need to tap into that will bring us together as one.”
A sequel to the series kick-off event held on Sunday at Worsley Mansion, the event was facilitated by the DC Belief “Host” Committee with Howard University associate professor Rev. Dr. Unnia Pettus, Lillian J. Huff and Lyndia Grant serving as the event’s chairs and co-chairs. The panelist at the event consisted of journalist, pastors, speakers, authors and organization leaders, which included: Ronald Martin, Georgia Goslee, Esq., Kanu Kogad., Rev. Sylvia Sumter, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Cindy Pearlman, Dr. Andrea Pennington, and Christin Clyburn and more had a transparent conversation about event.
“[Oprah’s] intention with the series has been to allow us [humans] to use her television program to open up a dialog around the world and to ignite what we all have in common no matter our religious or cultural beliefs,“ said Dr. Andrea Pennington, TV talk show host and moderator/mistress of ceremonies. “I think that it’s important that we have this [spiritual] conversation with the illustrious panelist.”
Narrated by Oprah Winfrey herself, each night of her TV series showcased three or four personal stories of believers from various races, creeds of color, and faiths. Although some viewers were very skeptical and curious about the series at fi rst, many of them later considered the series infl uential to their lives and were touched by its signifi cance.
“To be honest with you, I didn’t know how she was going to implement this [her thoughts] into this [TV series], but after watching the fi rst episode I was really moved,” said Ariana Scott, a senior public relations major. “It was really awesome to see it [the series] portray different countries and different religions, especially at the National Mall.”
Striving to embrace diversity and inclusion, for several years, Oprah traveled to 33 countries to fi lm the “Belief” series. She wanted everyone to be able to use the circumstances and journeys of others to ignite their pathway to spiritual harmony and connection.
“Each one of us will fi nd ourselves on that screen and probably more than once,” said Patricia Cannady, member of the DC “Belief’ Committee. “The environment might be different but the situation, the hurt, pain the feeling is in all of us.”
“The event opened me up the a lot of different perspectives and allowed me to be more open minded about religion,” said Shara
Gibson, employee for the government. “Although we live different lives we are still the same and trying to strive for the same goals in our lives.”
The Howard students that attended the event were elated and appreciative to embark on the opportunity to follow Oprah’s series. They felt as if their professor, Rev. Dr. Unnia Pettus, gave them an opportunity that they will never forget.
“For our professor to allow us to be a part of Oprah’s TV series is a big deal to me because I grew up watching Oprah when I would come home from school,” exclaimed Angelique Perkins, a junior public relations major. “Being a part of something like this is important to me; I am greatly appreciative.”
Professor Pettus photod with TV One’s Roland Martin
The typical morning traffi c scene was exceedingly different at the CDC Headquarters in Atlanta this past Friday, Oct. 23. Blow-ing whistles and stomping up and down the sidewalks per-sistently, civilians, parents and community activists engaged in intense protests outside the CDC Headquarters in order to demand for the truth about harmful vac-cinations and end vaccination requirements.
“The purpose of the rally is to bring attention to allegations of Dr. William Thompson of the CDC where he stated in 2014 that he and fellow co-authors buried safety data to vaccine in-juries directly affecting African-American baby boys’ increase in autism,” said Michelle Ford, a speaker from the Vaccine Injury-Awareness League. “We are here today to demand for the truth.”
Traveling all the way from Cali-fornia, the Vaccine-Injury Aware-ness League was the facilitator of the protest. Demanding for
change and for their voices to be heard, members of the organiza-tion and The Nation of Islam and Moms Against Mercury distribut-ed signs of autistic children with quotes and repeatedly spewed the following phrase: “we want true facts about the vax.”
The protesters were chanting the phrase “Awake, united we’re not going away… demand CDC truth now” over the release of recent “whistleblower” CDC psycholo-gist Dr. William W. Thompson. Frequently conducting studies on immunization reports, he in-tentionally disposed information about scientifi c charts and studies proving the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine had direct racial impact.
“We can’t have this many wit-nesses telling similar stories over and over again and there not be some truth,” said Ford.
Although the CDC employee was the only individual to actu-ally release the information to the
public, Thompson and the entire board of co-authors initially disposed the MMR immunization report. The report exposed the increase in autism in African-American males who imme-diately receive the MMR shot post-birth.
They were also protesting to prevent the MMR vaccine from ever being a requirement by law. Recently, in Los Angeles a new bill commissioned that all parents that have children must have up-to-date vaccinations or they won’t be able to enroll their children in school, sending opposers to jail that don’t adhere to the law. Many parents feel that this is a violation of civil rights and personal parental decisions, considering that their children will be put in protective custody.
“I think it [the vaccine schedule] needs to be looked at, and I think it needs to be studied,” protester Evet Flexon said. “Everywhere you turn we have the highest in-fant mortality rate in the world…
children are sick, they have asthma, and allergies,”
“As a mom I am fearful, what other fraudulent activity and junk science have they mandated and not made light of the risk factors with,” said protester Paula Wil-lard.
Protesters stand on the notion that many cases like the one of Emily Moler, a child who suf-fered vaccine related brain injury, are not streamed on major media outlets or publications. Moler’s brain injury was a direct effect of the MMR vaccine and the government had to compensate her and family members for the devastation.
“The parents of vaccine-injured children’s voices have been silenced by the media,” said Ivet Flexon.
The CDC initially founded in
1942 proclaimed the premise of supporting state and local health units in investigating and controlling communicable dis-ease outbreaks, and in maintain-ing the nation’s health through local measures. Feeling as if they aren’t upholding their core values, many argue that the corp. has betrayed citizens trust.
To date, protestors are trying to enact The Freedom of Informa-tion Act, which would allow access to completely transparent fi les of data analysis regarding the immunization pros and cons, statistics, and racial effects. It’s is evident that the civil activist will continue to conduct protest as and call for change until the solution is solved. For more information about the Centers for Disease Control and it’s history, visit www.cdc.gov
Demanding The Truth: Rally Outside CDC Headquaters in AtlantaAkira Pillow, Staff Writer
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THE HILLTOP OCTOBER 19, 2015 5Variety
D.C gets a taste of Milk Bar Diandra Bolton, Variety EditorSome D.C. residents have been anticipating the opening of David Chang and Christina Tosi’s dessert restaurant, Milk Bar, since last summer and it finally opened Friday, October 23.
The restaurant features various desserts ranging from cereal milk, crack pie, cake truffles, and their renowned compost cookies, which includes pretzels, potato chips, chocolate chips and more. This location will also sell parfaits, which are new and exclusive to this location!
“I am very excited about the opening of Milk Bar here in D.C. This past summer there was one near my apartment in New York that I went to almost everyday! I’m so glad I will be able to have cereal milk ice cream whenever I want. ” said junior Temilayo Butler says,
The Milk Bar is located at the CityCenterDC in Mount Vernon Triangle, and is accessible by the Metro Center or McPherson Square Metro.
The Milk Bar is a unique restaurant that comes with a fascinating backstory. It all began when Christina Tosi started working at a Momofuku restaurant as a safety consultant. She brought in desserts and the owner insisted that they be added to the menu since the restaurant did not have a dessert menu. In 2008, when the Momofuku restaurant expanded Tosi suggested that the new restaurant include a bakery featuring her desserts; since then the Milk Bar has been a success!
Milk Bar has seven total locations; five in New York (three in Manhattan and two in Brooklyn) and one in Toronto, and the newest the opening here in DC.
Milk Bar gets its edge from the creative desserts the restaurant features; this sets it apart from other cupcake chains and dessert restaurants that are in the industry. Visitors stand in line for the soft-serve that has a rich consistency and tastes just like the milk like left over in a bowl of corn flakes. Milk Bar also carries Klossies, the wholesome cookie line by supermodel Karlie Kloss. The profits from the cookie sales go to providing nutritious meals to hungry around the world, in addition to supporting rising designers through a
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Apple TV to Feature Exclusive Fashion Channel
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Variety Editor
As the temperature drops so does my motivation level to work out. Keeping up a regular workout schedule in the summer is hard enough so when the seasons change some find excuses to stay warm by staying inside. However, there are ways to stay warm during that morning run. While the most obvious way would seem to be padding up layers, that trick will quickly prove to be wrong. Once you start moving, your increased blood flow will turn your multilayered fit into a torture device thanks to all the trapped heat next to your skin.
Nothing is worse than feeling your ears freeze, but their thin cartilage makes them especially prone to cold weather. Earmuffs and fleece headbands are
one solution, but they can make it difficult to keep your earbuds in place. If you need music to workout, try a pair of oversized headphones. Some are even designed to fit over the ear or include a thicker lining for maximum heat retention.
Ever felt your toes go numb in the middle of your run? Doubling up on socks is not the best solution because the extra material may not fit into a close-fitting sneaker. Try placing foot warmers in the bottom of your shoes. This trick is key to surviving especially if when winter finally comes and you might be running in snow or ice.
Finally, insulated leggings are a great way to stay warm and look great while you work out. Options include fleece-lined leggings or leggings made from naturally sweat- resistant merino wool. These are a great base layer under sweats or can be worn on their on the slightly warmer days this winter. Working out is hard enough so try this tips to make sure you stay warm and fit this winter, instead of going straight into it.
Diandra Bolton Variety Editor
Apple has a well-known love affair with fashion. They have done everything from hiring fashion executives to partnerships with major designers for Apple watch bands.
Their latest venture into fashion comes in the form of a new Apple TV channel devoted to fashion, Made2Measure. Global entertainment mega-corpora-tion WME/IMG will launch the new channel on Tuesday, October 27 exclusively on Apple TV.
WME/IMG is the merger of giant talent agency William Morris Entertainment and the former producer of New York Fashion Week, IMG. The conglom-erate is not only an entertainment powerhouse, they are also carving out a top spot for themselves in the world of fashion. This channel is only the latest move in their quest for fashion domination.
According to the company’s chief content officer, Mark Shapiro, the television network will “showcase fashion from all angles”. M2M will feature original programming, documentaries, films, and runway shows. “Tea with Beatrice” is a talk show hosted by journalist Glenn O’Brien who will chat with some of fashion’s most famous, including Gisele Bundchen and Proenza Schuler designers at The Beatrice Inn in New York City. Since WME/IMG acquired Made Fashion Week, the show “MADE” will take viewers behind the scenes of some of the runway shows, including Baja East and Adam Sel-man, Rihanna’s stylist turned fashion designer. “Visionaries” will provide an indepth look into the growing relationship between fashion and technology.M2M will also feature long form programming. M2M Films will show a series of original documentaries, including the “Battle of Versailles”. The channel also acquired licenses to show feature length films and documentaries like “Valentino: The Last Emperor” and the docuseries “The Day Before”, which gives an intimate look into a designers life 36 hours before their runway show.
Non Apple TV users have no fear, the channel will be on Apple TV for 90 days before opening up to broader distribution in addition to including new content in January 2016.
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THE HILLTOP OCTOBER 22, 2015 7SPORTSSPORTS
HOWARD REMAINS WINLESSStory from Howard Bison Athletics Greensboro, NC—The Howard University football team played perhaps its best fi rst quarter of the season, scoring its fi rst touchdown in the period and taking a brief 14-13 lead. But in the end, North Carolina A&T showed why it is in the No. 1 team in Black College football as it reeled off 17 straight points to take a 30-14 halftime lead and cruise to a 65-14 win over the Bison in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game at Aggie Stadium before 21,500.
After the Aggies (6-1, 6-0 in the MEAC) took a 7-0 lead on a Kwashaun Quick four-yard run, Howard (0-7, 0-5 in the MEAC) got its fi rst touchdown in the fi rst quarter this season on a 40-yard hookup between red-shirt freshman quarterback Khalen Johnson and Guy Lemonier with a tick left on the clock.
North Carolina A&T countered on two-yard burst by Tarik Cohen early in the second period. The PAT attempt was
blocked and the Aggies led 13-7. The Bison displayed grit and answered with a 15-yard TD pass to Tamlin Antoine less than two minutes later.
From there, the Aggies all but put the game away, scoring 17 straight points during a fi ve-minute stretch to take a comfortable 30-14 lead to the locker room.
The Bison aided the Aggies cause by committing 11 penalties for 89 yards and managing only six fi rst downs.
In the second half, North Carolina A&T began to fl ex its muscle as Cohen, Quick and wide receiver Denzel Keyes took turns making big plays and keeping the Howardm defense off balance.
Howard was again hurt by mistakes as it allowed an 82-yard punt return for a TD and a 42-yard fumble return for a touchdown.
Johnson completed 15 of 24 for a career-high 163 yards and two TDs while Lemonier had his best day, catching two passes for 44 yards and a TD and returning three kickoffs for 123 yards, including an 89 yarder that set up a TD.
The Aggies were led by Cohen, the MEAC Player of the Year, who ran for 137 yards and three touchdowns while Quick had 85 yards and a TD rushing and 67 yards passing and a TD.
NEXT UP: The Bison will try to get their fi rst win of the season when they host
Savannah State at home at 1 pm next Saturday while the Aggies will attempt to keep their hold on fi rst place when they travel to Tallahassee, FL to take on the Rattlers of
Florida A&M University at 3 pm.
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