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OpinionsOur op editor, BritneyRooks, likes the caf,

but says Simply To Gohas got to go

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Photo FeatureNCCU’s ModernDance Group is

ready for the world.

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SportsXbox. Black football.

Both worlds nowavailable as one.

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BY NICOLE CORDELLECHO STAFF REPORTER

With commencement nearing,seniors planning to graduate needto make sure everything is in order.

Forms must be completed, a sen-ior survey taken, outstanding finespaid, and regalia purchased.

An important first step for gradu-ating seniors is to meet with theiracademic advisers to audit theirtranscipt.

If problems or issues arise, stu-dents must meet with their depart-ment’s advising coordinator orchairperson.

Andrew Williams, advising coor-dinator in the Department ofEnglish and Mass Communication,explained the process.

“In the semester before gradua-tion, I complete an audit and make

BY CARLTON KOONCEECHO STAFF REPORTER

With May quicklyapproaching, N.C. CentralUniversity’s seniors areweighing their optionsabout life after gradua-tion.

More and more, gradu-ate school is being consid-

ered over work.“I worry about the job

market when I graduate,”said political science sen-ior Phaedra Reid.

Reid, like many NCCUseniors, is not sure whatshe will do with herdegree in the future.

“I think things have tobe a little bad, maybe

worse, before they get bet-ter,” she said.

That outlook is sharedby other seniors at NCCU,who worry about a dismaljob market.

“The recession hasaffected me in manyways,” said CapriciaMorton, a recent NCCUmathematics graduate.

“For example, havingjust a degree isn’t enough,”she said.

“The recession hasaffected me so much that Ihave decided to go back toschool.”

The national unemploy-ment rate for March was8.5 percent.

According to the N.C.

Employment SecurityCommission, February’sunemployment rate was10.7 percent.

The previous highestjobless rate for the statewas 10.2 percent inFebruary 1983.

According to the U.S.

Seniors weigh job, education optionsA sagging economy forces undergraduates to reconsider their plans

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BY MARK SCOTTECHO STAFF REPORTER

Students elected a soph-omore as their SGA presi-

dent foronly the

second timein school

history lastThursday.

H i s t o r ye d u c a t i o nsophomoreD w a y n eJ o h n s o nbeat outp o l i t i c a l

science and biotechnologyjunior Courtney Jordan andpsychology junior MarkiaGray for the top position.

Another sophomore,Fayetteville sophomorepsychology major GinelleHines, will assume theposition of vice presidentnext year.

Hines ran unopposed.In Johnson’s two years at

the school, he has workedclosely with the past twoSGA presidents, as a spe-cial assistant under TomasiLarry’s administration andas sophomore class presi-dent under Kent WilliamsJr’s administration.

According to Johnson,his contact with previousSGA presidents will helphim take on the challengesthat lie ahead of him.

“Experience is one ofthose things that just does-n’t come with how manyyears you’ve been doingthings, but the work you doas well,” said theRougemont native.

Rougemont is a smalltown in Durham Countyabout 20 miles north ofDurham.

Johnson, who plans tobecome a high schoolteacher after graduation,has an enthusiastic atti-tude about taking on thechallenges of SGA presi-dent.

“It feels good knowingthat my fellow Eagles trustme enough to handle theproblems of theUniversity,” he said.

“I’m glad that therearen’t any bitter feelingsfrom the other candidates,”said Johnson, who addedthat he looks forward toworking with Jordan and

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It was required reading for anNCCU undergraduate historyclass he was planning to take.

Franklin’s writing made astrong impression onDonaldson.

“He was more like the godfa-ther of history,” he said.

“He is to black history whatMichael Jordan is to the NBA,”said Donaldson.

“But when I say that the NBAis an organization with blacksand whites and so John HopeFranklin is that for history. Hewould never separate black his-tory from U.S. history becausehe believed you can’t have onewithout the other.”

Donaldson hoped he wouldmeet Franklin while being hon-ored as an emerging leader in2006.

Franklin was being recog-nized at the same event.

But the historian was a noshow.

“It was a little disappointingbut it was an honor just to bementioned in the same branchas Franklin,” he said.

Franklin, 94, passed away onMarch 25 of congestive heartfailure at Duke UniversityHospital.

A Durham resident, Franklinloved to talk about his orchidcollection, fishing trips andcooking.

“My mom, before she died,always made sure her orchidwas taken care of because Dr.Franklin had given her one,”said Charmaine McKissick-Melton, NCCU associate masscommunications professor.

Her father, civil rights lawyerFloyd B. McKissick, was atFranklin’s home so he couldhelp the attorney with his auto-biography.

She remembered Franklin forthe bond he formed with hermother and their talking forover an hour about orchids,which are known for theirunusual shape and colors.

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Nat’ljoblessrate at8.5%BY KEVIN G. HALLMCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

WWAASSHHIINNGGTTOONN —— Employers shed663,000 jobs in March, the fifth con-secutive month of huge job losses,pushing total U.S. jobs lost in thisrecession above 5 million and theunemployment rate up four-tenths ofa percentage point to 8.5 percent, theLabor Department reported Friday.

While steep, the March job losseswere consistent with what main-stream economic forecasts had sug-gested, providing a measure of reliefthat things aren't worse than expect-ed. That, and the fact that Februaryjob losses weren't revised down-wards, as previous months had been,suggested that layoffs may be flatten-ing out.

“For the second month in a row,the headline employment declinedidn't meet the worst fears, but this isstill a very weak report,” Nigel Gault,the chief U.S. economist for forecast-er IHS Global Insight, wrote in aresearch note to investors. “The lat-est figures show job losses of 650,000

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Hope Franklin, but a newspa-per article brought the twomen closer than he everthought.

Donaldson, a N.C. CentralUniversity history graduatestudent, was introduced toFranklin through his book,“From Slavery to Freedom: AHistory of Negro Americans.”

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STAFF REPORT

An entertainment company fromFlorida is putting on a show at N.C.Central University that could giveaspiring professional dancers a fasttrack to success.

The “Brang It” dance battle onApril 18 at McDougald Gymnasiumwill be filmed for a TV pilot and DVD.

According to Calvin Foster of CalvinFoster Entertainment, which is co-producing the show with Ha-GEntertainment, the battle offers com-petitors a chance at a road tour, aswell as inroads in the entertainmentbusiness.

“What we’re trying to do also islook for the best dancers in thisregion,” said Foster, whose business isbased in Niceville, Fla.

“We realize they’re not pros. Butwe want to give them the opportunityto dance in front of [the judges], andwe want to pick someone who has thetalent enough, and see if they can gofurther.”

Dancers will be judged by a five-member panel of choreographerswhose credits include the films“Rize,” “You Got Served,” “Save theLast Dance” and “Stomp the Yard,” aswell as the TV show “So You ThinkYou Can Dance?” and tour and videowork for Beyoncé and Ciara.

The names may be familiar to anyone

with dreams of doinghip-hop dance movieor music video work:Ro Ro, Marvelous,Krazy Kujo, Lil C andpossibly, Salah fromFrance.NCCU students won’tbe the only dancerson the stage April 18.They’ll be competingwith dancers from allover the map —

France, New York, Los Angeles,Georgia and Pittsburgh, to name a few.

There are four categories in thedance competition: solo male, 17 andup; solo female, 17 and up; solo youth,9-16; and dance crew or step team.

In addition to being featured in aDVD and a TV pilot (which Foster saidis being handled by Cedric theEntertainer’s production company),winners of the competition may findthemselves invited to a national tour inthe fall.

Foster’s company is sponsoring acrew from New Orleans on the tour,and new competitors get the chance toknock them off and replace them, untilanother crew comes along to taketheir place, and so on.

“We’re trying to give average kids ashot,” said Foster.

“We take their names, and we try to

make a break for them in the busi-ness.”

That possibly means being on avideo shoot for the likes of Beyoncé orCiara, if a choreographer such asRoland “Ro Ro” Tabor decides to takea new performer under his wing.

“I’m always looking for new talent,”said Tabor, who spoke from California,where he is working with Beyoncé onher upcoming tour.

“I’m just looking for people that gotthat ‘hunger’ quality. I want to see thehunger and the passion when they’redancing. Of course, they have to bewell-rounded, too.”

That means being well-versed instyles other than hip hop, said Tabor.Foster said his main motivation is tofind deserving people who are seriousabout professional dancing.

“That’s what we really try to do, isfast-track people into the business, theones that have raw dance talent,” saidFoster.

“We’re not looking for booty shak-ers. We’re looking for dancers.”

At 9 a.m. April 19, the day after thecompetition, a “Brang It Hip-HopDance Workshop” will be held at L.TWalker Complex.

Six people will be chosen to film avideo with Ro Ro. More informationon these events is available atwww.ubrangit.com.

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Labor Department, unem-ployment for people with abachelor’s or higherdegree is at 4.3 percent.

“I lost my part-time jobas a marketing rep atWhole Foods,” said Englishsenior Tressie McMillan.

McMillan said she is inno hurry to re-enter theworkforce, however.

“Even if I wasn’t plan-ning on continuing my edu-cation, I would be lookinginto graduate school rightnow,” she said.

Morton said that some-times, working right aftergraduation doesn’t bring inthe income needed to payfor the debt accrued duringfour years of college.

“In order to pay loansoff, you have to have agreat-paying job to justearn enough money to havea balanced life,” Mortonsaid.

According to a recentAssociated Press story, jobsare available in the healthfield, and some smallregional financial firms arehiring.

The federal governmentalso had more than 46,000job openings on its centraljob board last week.

Paul Bennett, a businesssenior, said seniors shouldnot be afraid to think out-side the box.

“You’ve got to be posi-tive,” Bennett said.

“If you’re a law student,think about teaching.

“Take what you can getand grow. Find ways to mar-ket yourself.”

Even so, some studentsbelieve the present down-turn is a prime time to getahead in their education.

“There is a lot of compe-tition out there,” saidMustapha Roma, a native ofSierra Leone in the com-puter science master’s pro-gram.

Roma hopes to be a com-puter programmer aftergraduation in December.

“A second degree givesyou a better chance inlife,,” he said.

“If you go from an under-grad straight to work, youhave no chance to learn.”

Some students have hadgraduate school in theirplans for some time, whileothers have only recentlyadjusted their plans.

The NCCU graduatestudies admissions officereports an increase inapplications over the lastmonth, especially in thenew social work programand public administration.

Kimberly Johnson, grad-uate admissions officeassistant, said many appli-cants are NCCU alumniwho have been laid off and

want to go back to work.English senior Willie

Pace plans to tutor local at-risk students after gradua-tion, and hopes to startgraduate school in the fall.

“I wouldn’t say I wasbuying time because gradschool is completing a taskI’ve wanted to do,” saidPace.“I don’t want a clock-in job.”

“I just decided to go tograd school this semester,”said Mandi Jones, a psy-chology senior.

Jones said she delayedapplying to graduateschools, ultimately decid-ing to remain at NCCU toattain a master’s degree.

“I’m already familiarwith the campus and someof the professors, so whynot stay?” she said.

Pace agreed with Jonesand Roma about the valueof NCCU’s graduate pro-grams. Pace also plans toattend graduate school atNCCU.

“I don’t want to move,”says Pace,“ and Central’sgrad school is convenient.

“I’m comfortable with theinstructors and theirknowledge about the sub-ject.”

McMillan said economicconditions have influencedher selection of graduateprograms.

“I now consider theavailability of on-campushousing and dining facili-ties as much as I do the pro-gram quality,” she said.

Bennett said studentsshould be reminded thatjobs do not come like theyused to, so they should livewithin their means andreview all options.

“Keep an open mind,”says Bennett.

“Look all over and openall your doors. Things areonly as bad as you makethem.”

Morton agrees. “I’m buying time by

going back to school to getmy master’s in secondaryeducation,” she said.

“I’m also about to startgetting some experience ineducation by working at alocal school.”

Morton recommendedthat graduating seniorsmake sure to visit the coun-selors in the CareerServices office.

She also recommendedtalking to advisors anddepartment chairs aboutsummer internships andjob openings.

Jones said seniors mustdecide for themselves whatto do in times like these.

“Look at yourself as anindividual,” said Jones, usesomeone else’s advicemight ruin your life.”

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Gray in the future.”Johnson will have his hands full next

school year. The economic downturn is forcing the

University to make severe budget cutsthat will affect both faculty and students.

Johnson said that this is where alumnisupport must kick in.

“I understand our nation is in a reces-sion and that everyone is struggling,” hesaid, “but alumni giving back is so impor-tant. Every little bit helps.”

Johnson does not have specific ideas,but he plans to simply ask for the supportof alumni.

According to Johnson, there are anumber of student housing issues to beresolved as well.

He said that better communicationbetween Residential Life and students isvital.

He said part of the problem is that stu-dents do not keep themselves informed

about the housing policies that arealready in writing.

Johnson said he wants to work hard tomake sure that housing problems aresolved as quickly as possible for futurestudents.

Johnson plans to have his executiveboard selected by the end of the month.

SGA Vice President Hines said shewill work closely with Johnson toimprove the school.

“We really need to increase the com-munication with SGA and the studentbody and let them know what’s going on,”she said.

Johnson said he looks forward toadvancing initiatives like the Eagle Eyenewsletter, an SGA publication, andkeeping students informed about SGA.

“We also want to go door to door everymonth, keeping our students informed onwhat SGA is doing.”

sure seniors have taken theright classes for gradua-tion,” said Williams.

“In the first two weeksbefore their last semester, Icheck their schedule andnumber of credit hourscompared to the four-yearplan,” he said.

“I tell the student aboutany potential problemsbefore drop/add period isover.”

Students who are candi-dates for graduation shouldhave received a letter bynow from the Office of theRegistrar.

Graduation candidatesshould closely follow thesteps outlined in that letter.

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BY ASHLEY LOFTON

ECHO STAFF WRITER

Chavery McClanahan is a native ofLandover, Md. who believes inbeing humble and respectful, likesto laugh, loves music, and loves thecolor orange — she says she relatesto how bright it is, and how it standsout.

The English literature juniorfrom N.C. Central University, 20,now stands out brightly herself, asthe new Miss NCCU.

In her freshman year,McClanahan said, she looked up toformer Miss NCCU Amber Banksfor her elegance, her efforts towardimproving NCCU and her concernfor her peers.

She said she wanted to be a partof that legacy when the opportunitycame her way.

“I’ve always been the type to getthings done that were asked of me,”said McClanahan.

“I’m a hard worker and a teamplayer. I also listen to others’ opin-ions about projects or situations,and put them into consideration.”

McClanahan’s mother Jill, anexecutive assistant for theWashington, D.C. Water and SewerAuthority, says she is is proud of herdaughter’s success and knows thatshe will be a wonderful representa-tive for NCCU.

“I’m very proud in knowing that Ihave raised a daughter who willstay humble and grounded through-out her tenure” says JillMcClanahan.

Throughout her years at NCCU,McClanahan built leadership cre-dentials as captain of the danceteam, vice president of the BlackStudent Law Association (CollegeStudent Division), and as a ROTCcommander.

McClanahan said the first thingshe wants to do is make sure thereare enough funds for the Miss

NCCU Scholarship Foundation. McClanahan said she wants to

recruit potential applicantsthrough the scholarship and helpretain them as students.

She also wants students and fac-ulty to get involved in Girl and BoyScouts.

She said it’s important for youngpeople to have mentors to helpbuild their self-esteem — especiallyyoung girls.

McClanahan said she wants tofind ways to make community serv-ice more fun and fulfilling forNCCU students overall.

After graduating, McClanahanplans to study international law.

“How I want people to rememberme, is the way I carried myself, veryhumble, and that I was dedicated inserving the students andUniversity,” she said, “and that Iwas a good person that influencedpeople in a positive way.”

Miss NCCU is ‘the type to get things done’She says she wants to continue legacy of former Miss NCCU Amber Banks

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BY DIVINEMUNYENGETERWA

ECHO STAFF REPORTER

Sometimes, more is better. Here’s a good example:

The Triangle ResearchLibraries Network (TRLN)offers an extensive selectionof library resources toTriangle university students.

TRLN includes contentfrom N.C. CentralUniversity’s joint catalogwith Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and N.C StateUniversity, as well as eBooksand PDF articles.

“Students can go onlineto view and request holdingsfrom any of the four univer-sities through the TRLN linkwhich is available on theShepard library’s site,” saidNCCU director of libraryservices Theodosia T.Shields.

According to ShephardLibrary’s biannual generalcirculation statistics, whichhighlight the rate users bor-row books, numbers went upfrom 12,000 books in theyear ending June 30, 2006, to14,114 books in the year end-ing June 30, 2008, a trendShields partly attributes toTRLN.

“I have found it very ben-eficial,” said NCCU businessadministration senior VictorWortham, “but I do not thinkstudents are taking advan-tage of it as they should.”

Initially founded as theCommittee on IntellectualCooperation in 1933between the University ofNorth Carolina and DukeUniversity, TRLN laterexpanded to include NorthCarolina State University, inthe 1950’s, and most recentlyN.C. Central University.

The organization took onthe name Triangle ResearchLibraries Network in 1980with the first memorandumof understanding beingsigned in 1984, then laterrevised in 1987.

The organization focusedon software developmentbut, with the addition ofNCCU to its membership in1995, adjusted its memoran-dum to library cooperationamong these four major uni-versities in the area.

“There is something forevery subject,” said NCCUmass communications juniorAmanda Brown. “I wouldencourage other students touse the resources that areavailable to them.”

College librariesshare resourcesNCCU students have access toUNC, Duke, NC State catalogs

“So we were justwalking around hisgreen house and hewas telling me of allthe different orchidshe had and wherethey came from,” saidMcKissick-Melton.

“He had atleast 50 differentkinds, maybe more.”

He was theJames B. DukeProfessor Emeritusof History at Duke,where he also taughtlegal history.

A native of Oklahoma, Franklingraduated with honors from FiskUniversity and received a master’sand a Ph.D. in history from HarvardUniversity.

He has taught at Fisk University,St. Augustine’s College, NCCU andHoward University.

Franklin also oversaw the historydepartments at Brooklyn College andthe University of Chicago.

Franklin helped NAACP lawyerswith research for the 1953 Brown v.Board of Education school desegre-gation case.

He marched with the Rev. MartinLuther King Jr. from Selma, Ala. toMontgomery, Ala. in 1965. President Bill Clinton appointed himto lead a national initiative on race in1997.

“John Hope Franklin was one ofthe most important American histori-ans of the 20th century and one of thepeople I most admired,” Clinton saidin a written statement.

“I was honored he agreed to be thehead of the President’s Initiative onRace. He led his committee all overAmerica to listen to people of allraces, faiths, cultures, and classes.And he produced a remarkablereport on the ways in which weremain divided along color lines andwhat we can do about it. ...”

James E. Shepard, NCCU’sfounder, recruited Franklin to thenNorth Carolina College for Negroesin 1943 while he taught at SaintAugustine’s College.

Franklin, a pacifist, was againstfighting in World War II.

Shephard, the only African-American on the Selective ServiceBoard, was able to keep Franklinfrom being drafted.

Franklin later wrote in his autobi-ography about the contradiction of

fighting in Europe for human rightswhen such equality was denied toblacks in the United States.

While teaching history at NorthCarolina College from 1943 to 1947,Franklin wrote the first edition of hismost well-known book.

After watching Franklin speak at aDuke event in 2007, he wanted toshow the historian an opinions piecehe wrote for the Campus Echo.

“I pulled it out of my back pocketand he read it, then asked for hisautograph,” he said.

“He tore off a piece of the articleand signed it and then he kept myarticle. It made me feel great nowthat I’m thinking about it. I reallywanted him to read it and he did andhe kept my newspaper but I wanted itback.”

A long line had formed behindDonaldson but he took his timespeaking with Franklin.

He mentioned the awards ceremo-ny Franklin had missed. He was sur-prised that Franklin remembered thedetails of the event, including thepeople being honored.

Donaldson told Franklin that his-torian John Henry Clark, who wasfriends with Franklin, inspired himto study history.

“He chuckled and laughed, he wasimpressed because he understoodthat I wasn’t trying to suck up to him,”Donaldson said.

Their conversation lasted for min-utes.

The two men talked about theinsensitivity of African Americans.Franklin told Donaldson about whenhe was at a restaurant and refused tobe seated in the back near thekitchen.

Donaldson, who is now working ona doctorate in history, said he willnever sit near the kitchen of anyrestaurant.

“Son, don’t ever let anyone evertell you, you are too sensitive,”Donaldson remembered Franklintelling him.

“After everything I’ve beenthrough and your ancestors havebeen through, I think your generationis too insensitive.”

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There are still two daysleft for aspiring reporters toupload a report to CNN forits next “Black in America”special in July.

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Dam threatens Amazon’s largest tributaryEnvironmentalists organize river dwellers to oppose Belo Monte dam

BY TYLER BRIDGESMCCLATCHY NEWSPAPES

VVOOLLTTAA GGRRAANNDDEE,, BBrraazziill –– TheXingu River, the largest tribu-tary of the Amazon, runs wideand swift this time of year. Itsturquoise waters are home tosome 600 species of fish,including several not foundanywhere else on the planet.A thick emerald canopy oftrees hugs its banks, except inplaces where man has carvedout pastures for cattle.

Now man, in the form ofthe Brazilian state powercompany, wants to harness asection of the Xingu by build-ing the world’s third-biggestdam.

Called the Belo Monte, thedam would drown 200 squaremiles of tropical rainforest —an area equivalent to thesprawling city of Tucson,Ariz. — and would flood thehomes of 19,000 people. Itwould be only one of morethan a dozen dams that theBrazilian government is plan-ning to construct on tributar-ies of the Amazon, the world’smightiest river.

Belo Monte would be onlythe latest assault on theAmazon tropical rainforest,which is home to one in 10 ofthe world’s known speciesand covers an area as large asthe United States west of theMississippi River.

Stephan Schwartzman, thedirector of tropical forest pol-icy at the EnvironmentalDefense Fund, said that 18percent of the Amazon, an

area nearly two times the sizeof California, had beencleared since the mid-1960s.

He added that deforesta-tion peaked in 2004 and hassince declined because offalling beef and soybeanprices and because the gov-ernment has stepped upenforcement of protectedareas.

What happens to theAmazon rainforest has wideconsequences, because ashrinking rainforest hampersthe planet’s ability to rid theatmosphere of carbon diox-ide, a greenhouse gas thattrees and other green plantsabsorb.

Brazilian government offi-cials, however, say that BeloMonte and the other damsare necessary to switch onmore living room lights,power expanding companiesin the world’s ninth-largesteconomy and create jobs asBrazil begins to slide intorecession.

The impact of Belo Monteon the Indians who would bedisplaced is central to thedam’s opponents. UnderBrazil’s Constitution, Indiansmust “be heard” when damswould affect their land,which potentially gives themveto power over new dams.

Environmentalists areorganizing riverside dwellersto rise up against Belo Monteby describing how it wouldsubmerge their homes andland. They organized a meet-ing March 21 in the communi-

ty that locals call VoltaGrande, which in Portugueserefers to a curve in the Xinguknown as the Big Bend.

It took place in a barnlikehouse on the banks of theXingu, about an hour down-river by motorboat fromAltamira, the closest city.

Euclides de Oliveira lis-tened quietly in a portion ofthe home that had been con-verted into a makeshift class-room with a dirt floor.

De Oliveira, a wiry 32-year-old fisherman with adark mustache, sat on abench with his back to a wallon which schoolwork coveredthe wooden planks. He worea T-shirt and flip-flops, likemost everyone else there.

The heat was stifling, andeveryone swatted at the mos-quitoes as activists describedan unhappy future.

“What you say makes meafraid,” de Oliveira saidwhen he finally spoke up. “Itwill end our way of life.”

Environmentalists empha-size the bigger picture, thatBelo Monte would increaseglobal greenhouse gases bydevastating the rainforestand by releasing the methanegas stored in river vegetation.They add that the Xingu’s lowlevel during the dry seasonwould force the governmentto build five more dams toregulate the water flow.

Some critics even say thatdams such as Belo Montecould become white ele-phants if global warming

dries up parts of the Amazon,as some computer modelssuggest.

Instead of building dams, aWorld Wildlife Fund-Brazilanalysis found, the govern-ment could meet the coun-try’s energy needs by upgrad-ing existing energy systemsand pushing for the rapiddevelopment of wind, solarand biomass. In one example,

the study reported that Brazilloses 16 percent of the powerit generates through an oldand faulty distribution sys-tem, compared with an inter-national rate of about 6 per-cent.

Brazilian President LuizInacio Lula da Silva has wonplaudits worldwide for hisrole in pushing for Braziliancars to switch from gasoline

to cleaner ethanol producedfrom sugarcane.

However, Lula has contin-ued to champion big energyprojects that create jobs, dev-astate the rainforest and pro-duce campaign contributionsto his Workers Party from bigconstruction companies.

He also has said pointedly:“The Amazon belongs toBrazilians.”

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Since jobs are a laggingindicator, the struggling U.S.economy will continue to

shed them even after a turn-around has begun. Manyeconomists think that theunemployment rate could top10 percent this year, even if

economic conditions begin toimprove, as some indicatorsare starting to suggest.

“Since the recessionbegan in December 2007, 5.1

million jobs have been lost,with almost two-thirds (3.3million) of the decreaseoccurring in the last fivemonths,” the Bureau ofLabor Statistics said. “InMarch, job losses werelarge and widespreadacross the major industrysectors.”

Although it left itsFebruary job-loss estimateintact at 651,000, the BLSrevised January’s initialestimate of 655,000 to741,000, well above March’s663,000 lost jobs.

Manufacturers trimmedanother 161,000 jobs inMarch; factory employmenthas fallen by 1 million overthe past six months, theBLS said.

Construction, both resi-dential and commercial,remains in the dumps, andbuilders axed another126,000 jobs last month. Thenew twist is that commer-cial construction is begin-ning to suffer just as resi-dential construction was hitlast year.

“Unlike previous periods

in this economic cycle, thebulk of job losses for the firstquarter of 2009 were in thenonresidential sector asopposed to the residentialsector,” wrote Anirban Basu,the chief economist forAssociated Builders andContractors, an industrygroup. “This suggests that theresidential construction sec-tor is much closer to its bot-tom than is the nonresiden-tial construction sector,which is a relative newcomerto the ongoing downturn.”

The government’s eco-nomic-stimulus spendingshould begin to ease some ofthe pain in the constructionsector by spurring infrastruc-ture projects by late this year,Basu said in an analysis ofthe March job numbers.

Employment in profes-sional and business servicesranked not far behind manu-facturing in lost jobs, fallingby 133,000 last month. Morethan half those losses camein temporary help services.

The BLS report highlight-ed this troublesome trendaffecting temp workers.

“Among the unemployed,the number of job losers andpersons who completed tem-porary jobs increased by547,000 to 8.2 million in

March. This group has nearlydoubled in size over the past12 months,” the agency said.

Elsewhere in the report,statisticians noted that thenumber of people who areworking part time for eco-nomic reasons _ sometimesreferred to as involuntarypart-time workers _ climbedby 423,000 in March to 9.0million.

In a series of measures ofunderutilization of the laborforce _ called the U-series _the BLS statisticians deter-mined that 15.6 percent ofpeople in the U.S. work forcenow are unemployed, work-ing part-time because theycan’t find full-time work orare marginally attached tothe work force, meaning thatthey’re not looking for jobsbut are available to work.That’s up by 3 percentagepoints since November.

Retail trade employmentfell by 48,000 last month,while the financial servicessector shed another 43,000jobs. Leisure and hospitalitylost another 40,000 jobs,while transportation andwarehousing lost 34,000.

The federal governmentand the Federal Reservehave taken a number of steps,from stimulus spending to

lowering borrowing costs andmortgage rates, that shouldrevive the troubled economyeventually. Most economistsexpect a turnaround by latethis year, and a smaller num-ber expect a sharp rebound.

“By yearend, growthshould be positive again, per-haps as strong as 4 percent(annual rate). Large pools of‘pent-up demand’ are form-ing and will soon begin to betransformed into actualspending,” WilliamDunkelberg, the chief econo-mist for the NationalFederation of IndependentBusiness, a group composedof small businesses, wroteFriday.

Americans are enjoyingan “oil tax cut,” he said,pointing to the steep drop infuel prices.

Businesses large andsmall have liquidated inven-tories and reduced spending.Once the first signs of eco-nomic revival appear, busi-nesses will increase orders,and the negative cycle ofdeclining jobs leading to lessspending leading to fewerjobs will reverse into a posi-tive cycle. Rising sales willlead to rising employment,leading to more sales andmore employment.

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Students get jazzy

Films and fashionStudents design garments inspired by timeless films

BY COURTNEY MORGANECHO STAFF WRITER

N.C. Central University’sFashion Inc. student organizationhad its 12th Annual fashion designcompetition on March 25th.

An organization consisting ofjunior and senior students majoringin textiles and apparel, FashionInc. is responsible for giving stu-dents hands-on experience withdesign.

Each year, junior and senior stu-dents prepare not only for theirgrade, but also to showcase theirtalent.

With a theme of HollywoodMaroon and Gray, 13 Fashion Inc.designers and 10 guest designerspresented designs from movies oftheir choice.

Designers have been working ontheir clothing lines since the begin-ning of the spring semester.

Each student designer’s clothingline came from movies dating backto the 40s.

From inspirations of movies like“The Wiz,” “Purple Rain,”“Interview with a Vampire” and“Lady Eve,” designers expressedtheir own twist to the original set-ting of the movie they chose.

Each movie had a different set-ting and style which brought varietyto the clothing lines.

The week leading up to the show,students stayed in the labovernight, sacrificing sleep andappetite just to perfect theirdesigns.

“This semester has been hectic,but I’m happy that the judging isover. Now I can finally get somesleep,” said textile and apparelsenior Sha’niece Simmons.

Students constantly gathered inthe textile lab to add finishingtouches to their designs up to afew minutes before judging.

Each student was judged forfirst, second and third placedesigns based off of nine categoriesfor best in show.

The judges sat and watched inawe as each student designer pre-sented his clothing line.

Some designers were nervous,while others presented theirvisions with confidence and creativ-ity.

At the end of the night, the firstplace award went to textile andapparel senior David Johnson.

Johnson’s inspirational movie ofchoice was “The Wiz,” which hestaged in drag.

Johnson also performed in theshow as the Wiz.

“I think the event went well.Everyone was excited and all thedesigns came out well,” said tex-tiles and apparel senior MonicaFerguson.

“All the designers worked veryhard.”

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TheAtlanta-basedsongbirdhas beenwritingfor bignameartistslikeBritneySpears(GimmeMore),Omarion(IceBox)and Mary J. Blige, just toname a few. Along withwriting, Hilson has alsobeen featured on Nas’s“Hero” and Timbaland’s“The Way I Are.”

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“In a Perfect World” alsoincludes a couple of tracksto cure heartbreak like“Knock You Down,” featur-ing Kanye West and Ne-Yoand “Change Me,” featur-ing Akon.

Hilson pulled in all herconnects for the productionof this album, bringing intop-notch producers,Timbaland and Polow DaDon.

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Hilson’s vocal range on thistrack is amazing, hittingvarious notes that weren’tfeatured on her radio hits.

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BY ALISHA BYRDECHO STAFF WRITER

On April 8, world-renowned saxo-phonist, composer and arrangerJimmy Heath will perform with TheNCCU Jazz Ensemble and Vocal JazzEnsemble at the 19th Annual NCCUJazz Festival.

Heath is one of the great jazzsoloists from the late 1920s.

He is famous for his compositions“Gingerbread Boy” and “Gemini.”

His genre of jazz is “hard bop,” asophisticated and intricate direc-tion from jazz influenced by CharlieParker, spirituals and the blues.

Hard bop composers often useimprov because it gives a more cre-ative edge to contemporary jazzmusic.

Heath has also performed withgreat jazz musicians like Max Roachand Dizzy Gillespie.

Ira Wiggins, conductor of the

NCCU Big Band, says that Heathwas chosen to showcase the festivalbecause he is a jazz legend.

“I think it’s important for stu-dents to appreciate a legend whilehe’s still here,” said Wiggins.

Together, they will perform sevenof Heath’s own arrangements.

The NCCU Big Band consists of15 undergraduate and seven gradu-ate students from N.C. CentralUniversity.

The groups have been rehearsingHeath’s music since the beginningof March and will have a formalrehearsal with him Thursday beforethe show.

On April 17, local singer LoisDeloatch will perform five songsarranged by the NCCU FacultyGroup. Deloatch is a native ofDurham and has a very powerfulvoice.

But the festival is not all per-formances.

A panel discussion will be held at12 p.m. in the B.N Duke Auditorium,where students, faculty and staffwill be able to ask Heath questionsabout his history and involvementin music.

The music department will alsohost a session for music majors onthe composition of music, taught byHeath.

On April 18, The Vocal JazzEnsemble will be opening up forHeath.

“A lot of times we go out search-ing for someone when what we’relooking for is right in front of us,”said Wiggins.

Tickets for the Jazz Festival are$15 for the general public and $10for students with a valid NCCU ID.

They can be purchased at theUniversity Box Office Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Photos and text by Ray Tyler

A World of Expression

On April 5, N.C.C e n t r a lU n i v e r s i t y ’ sModern DanceGroup show-

cased its talents and artis-tic expressions in its annualSpring Concert, “WorldsCollide.” The showcase washeld in the B.N. DukeAuditorium.

This year’s choreogra-phers worked with thetroupe to express dancesfrom the Western andEastern world, drawinginspiration from African,liturgical, mime, tap andcreative interpretive dance.

Adviser and director,Nancy Pinckney, who hasbeen active in dance per-formance for 48 years, said

the concert was a culmina-tion of her students’ workthroughout the semester.

“Each student plays anintegral role,” Pinckneysaid.

“This requires disci-pline, dedication and con-stant perfection of tech-nique.”

Pinckney said thatalthough she wanted stu-dents to learn about dancesfrom different cultures,building one’s self-confi-dence was another goal shewanted her students toreach.

“This gives students achance to promote free spir-it and build self-esteem,regardless of dancing abili-ty and background.”

During the show, thestudents paid homage tothe Queen of Rock n’ Roll,Tina Turner, and her latehusband, Ike, with their ren-dition of the 1971 hit,“Proud Mary.”

Other acts, such as “FoFo Funk,” focused on theimportance of harvest andcommunity in the Africanvillage.

The group will performagain on April 11 at MiddleTennessee State Universityin Murfreesboro, Tenn. inthe Black College DanceExchange.

Other HBCUs, includingAlabama State, Fisk,Norfolk State and PrairieView A&M also will perform.

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ECHO SPORTS REPORTER

N.C. Central Universitydropped its second and thirdmeeting in a doubleheader withDuke University. The Blue Devilspounded out a combined 27 hitsfor a 14-1 victory in the first gameand a 9-3 win in the final game.

The Eagles and Blue Devilswere tied 1-1 until the bottom ofthe 4th, when the Blue Devilsexploded for 7 runs on 7 hits.

That put the Eagles behind 8-1in the fifth. Duke’s senior thirdbasemen Nate Freiman added tothat total with a solo home run,extending the lead 9-1.

The game ended with 5 hits and5 runs between the 6th and 7thinnings.

Freiman led the Blue Devilswith a 3-hit performance. TheEagles were led by freshman right-fielder Akeem Hood, who had 2hits, and sophomore third base-man David Scott, who added 3 hits.

In the final game of the crosstown classic, NCCU took an earlylead into the bottom of the fourthinning.

With a 3-2 lead, the Eagles mid-game collapse haunted them asDuke had another 4th inning rally.

This time, Duke pounded out 5hits and 5 runs to take a 7-3 lead.

“The fourth inning killed usboth games,” said Hood.

“We were winning and we justhad a collapse, but were learningwe will be fine.”

The Blue Devils added on 2more insurance runs in the bottomof the 6th.

The Eagles have lost 11 of theirlast 12 games and will look to getback on track against Longwoodthis Thursday.

“We just need to take it onegame at a time and have fun some-times,” Hood said. “I feel like weare just a little uptight.”

BY MATT BEATTY

ECHO SPORTS REPORTER

When N.C. CentralUniversity students thinkof sports, basketball, foot-ball, volleyball and softballtypically come to mind.

However, a moreobscure college sport is onthe rise — bowling.

Since becoming aDivision I team in the 2007-2008 season, the bowlingteam has slowly begun toimprove its performance.

In the 2007-2008 season,the team only scratchedout a 14-63 record.

But this year, the team’srecord is 26-50.

Coach Karen Sanfordsaid last season’s improve-ment was the result ofhard work.

“Players were eager togo out and compete,” saidSanford.

“For some, this was anew experience, especiallywith a younger team thanwe had last year.”

Though bowling may notbe a popular sport atNCCU, it is definitely onthe rise.

“Bowling is starting toget on the radar in theSouth.”

“Bowling is more preva-lent up North and in theMidwest,” said Sanford.

She said that when shewas growing up, bowlingwas more recreational.

But students are learn-ing that they can earnscholarships if they excel,according to Sanford.

Though the sportrequires finesse and dura-bility, anyone can improveover time.

Sanford has high expec-tations for next season, aswell as for the bowling pro-gram at NCCU.

“I would like for us towin more games,” she said.

“I would also like to seemore of our girls bowl a 200and become nationallyranked in the top 10.”

Sanford and the LadyEagles’ bowling team lookforward to a new and excit-ing season.

With the return of fourunderclassmen — LatiaBlackwell, AmberCampbell, Lindsey Greenand Elizabeth Schuster —the Lady Eagle bowlingteam expects to have astrong season next year.

Based on this season’simproved record, itappears that the ball isrolling in the right direc-tion.

BY QUESTIN CLAY

ECHO SPORTS REPORTER

Xbox gamers love to talkabout EA Sports Madden orNCAA football, but now it’stime to play some HBCUcollege football from thecomfort of your sofa.

Soon, Xbox will releaseThe Doug Williams Editionof Black College FootballExperience.

The game, designed byNerjyzed Entertainment,Inc. of Baton Rouge, La.,gives players the chance toexperience the culture ofblack college football: thecrowds chanting; the bandsplaying that song thatmakes you get out of yourseat and do a little dance;the intense school prideand of course, the action onthe field.

Jacqueline Beauchamp,chief executive officer ofNerjyzed Entertainment,Inc., told the BlackCollegian Online: “AsHBCU alumni and blackcollege football enthusi-asts, we're proud thatBCFX honors our rich tra-dition and provides anincredibly fun football

game for the whole familyto play.”

The new Xbox game wasannounced at the 35thAnnual Bayou Classic game

between the SouthernUniversity Jaguars and the

Grambling State UniversityTigers at the LouisianaSuperdome.

The game features someof the most well-known

HBCU conferences aroundthe country, which includesthe MEAC, SWAC, SIAC,

and CIAA.The game “will bring a

fairer gaming product tothe HBCU community byhaving a higher rating forblack teams,” said businessjunior Terry Crumpler.

The game features morethan 40 teams, bands andschool mascots; interactivehalf-time shows of themarching bands; the realschool stadiums; play-by-play commentary and 10authentic classics.

These include the BayouClassic, Florida Classic,Atlanta Classic and theSouthern Heritage Classic.

The game also includesa drumline battle chal-lenge, in which gamers canplay the cadences of someof the best-known drum-lines in HBCU history.

“I think the game havingso many features willappeal to a bigger crowd,”said computer science jun-ior Reggie Johnson, who islooking forward to thegame’s release.

The game was scheduledfor release in February, buthas been delayed untillater this year.

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N O R T H C A R O L I N A C E N T R A L U N I V E R S I T Y

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Dear Editor:

I am a student here at NCCU in theSpanish Department

I just want to say, I reallyappreciated seeing the arti-cle in the Echo about blackvegetarians.

Kudos go out to the writerand the vegetarians men-tioned in the article.

I am a vegetarian also,and I happen to bewhite.

But, in my twoand a halfyears inRaleigh, Ihave metmore non-white vege-tarians thanwhite ones.

Which is very cool! Trust me there are more of you out

there. In fact just the other day I met some

new friends and two of them were amom and a 4-year-old boy, both black

and both vegetarian. My other friends who are vegetarian

are Middle Eastern or Latin American. There are a couple of vegetarian

groups in town I could pass the wordon about.

Also I was gladto hear there are

more vegetari-an selectionsin the cafete-ria other than

the proverbial“veggie burger,”which is prettygood by the way.

This note canbe forwarded

to the twogirls men-tioned whoare vege-tarians.

I wouldlove to sit and eat with

other vegetarian students at our school.

Thank you again for writing the article. Speaking up and getting the word

out is the key!

Kathryn Krueger

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When I returnedfrom springbreak to find

that the new cafeteriawas open, I was ecstatic.

Finally! The moment I’d been

waiting for. I wanted tosee the changes and the

improve-ments.They’dbeenworkingon thisthingsince mysopho-

more year. The

dine-insection

was beautiful. It had a bigger seating

area with a more com-fortable atmosphere. Thefood actually tasted real.

There were grilledburgers with hot crispyfries, string beans withflavor, fresh pizza, chick-en wraps, sliced turkeyand chicken breasts con-sisting of meat that hadactually belonged to a

bird at one point. And to top it all off,

an ice cream machine. I was in heaven. I

could actually getstrawberry ice creamfrom my own cafeterianow.

The new caf was asuccess and well worththe wait.

However, when Idecided to go to the take-out section it was com-pletely different.

When I arrived at thetiny area I was informedthat it was now called‘Simply to Go’ — a cutename.

I was handed a cardwith numbers 1, 2, and 3on it. They were instruc-tions about how the newsystem would work.

I was only allowedone entrée from the firststation, labeled 1. Oneside from the second sta-tion, labeled 2. One bev-erage from the third sta-tion, labeled 3. And onetreat as a plus.

If I wanted two sidesfrom station 2, I wasn’t

allowed to get a treat.This is a huge contrast

to the dine-in section,where I could eat asmuch as I wanted ofwhatever I wanted.

When I got to stationone I only saw onecooked entrée.

It was a strange roast-beefy-looking meat on abun that didn’t look tooappetizing.

My other options: Aslice of pizza or a coldpackaged sandwich fromthe fridge.

When I got to my“plus,” a.k.a. my treat, itwas a brownie or twocookies wrapped in plas-tic.

What happened to thestrawberry short cake

pudding, the apple crisppizza, chocolate cake, thepie, and for the love ofPete, where was the icecream?

Finally I got to theregister, where anotherstudent ahead of me wasalready paying.

He was told that asalad was not part of hismeal and that he had topay extra.

This wasn’t even closeto fair.

Everyone pays thesame price for theirselected meal plans.

The Simply to Go sec-tion should offer just asmany options as thedine-in section.

It shouldn’t matterwhether we are taking

our food to go or sittingdown to eat it.

I was very disappoint-ed. It was a huge down-grade.

A bunch of limitationsand hardly any foodchoices. It was like beingback in middle schoolagain.

And Simply to Go doesnot do business on theweekends, so you haveno choice but to sit downand eat in the dine-insection, whether youhave the time or not.

Though the workerswere nice and courteous,they were the only thingsavory about this newSimply to Go.

I remember a timewhen the take-out sec-tion served crispy chick-en tenders, cakes andsalads that were consid-ered part of the meal,not extra.

There should be morefood options and fewerrules.

And I hope to seeimprovement in Simplyto Go soon.

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Y ou know theexpression: “Younever get a second

chance to make a firstimpression,” but you can

make alastingimpres-sion!

Ourcampus isbeingrevital-izedthrough

renova-tion.

Studentsare the

brick-and-mortar thatmake up the characterand the culture of ourschool.

After some time weall deserve an upgradeor a renovation of image.

So why not build oneof prestige?

As students goingthrough the process, wemay find ourselves neverreally focusing on thebig picture, only concen-trating on our personal

and social triumphs andfailures.

Some of us, such asSGA President KentWilliams, Jr., exploit ouropportunities, disregard-ing the impact made onstudents who find it hardto ask the question,“What is exploit?”

Let me give you aclue! No, I’ll smack youin the face with a newsclip! That’s giving toughlove at the expense ofour alma mater.

In direct response toWilliams’ appearance onCNN, addressing studentattire, the scholarsacross campus are tak-ing action.

Opinion surveys arebeing administered.Forums have takenplace, spearheaded bythe campus chapter ofthe American MarketingAssociation, to discussappropriate dress in theworkplace.

Business studentswere so stirred, fashioninterest groups trailed

them by putting on afashion show first!

More efforts could’vebeen made to evoke thethought of appropriatedress on campus beforeventuring off campus.

As a business person,Williams should haveknown better than to airour dirty laundry.

If he was one of ourbasketball players Iwould bench him.

No, I would send himback into the lockerroom.

Because he is not rep-resenting our team well.

Better yet, how aboutgetting back on the bus,going back across townand engaging with ourteam!

A home practicewould be creating astrategy that incorpo-rates management byobjectives.

Your organizationalstructure at all levelswould create goals thatdirectly contribute to theoverall company goal

and give measures forevaluation.

For example, whenfaculty and staff rejectinappropriate dress, thebar is raised for stu-dents.

When student organi-zations are made awareof issues to be resolved,critical thinking takesplace and creative solu-tions arise.

Members within theseorganizations communi-cate the issue to otherstudents in a way best fitfor them.

We don’t need to copyother school’s tactics intackling this issue, we’rebright!

Williams distributedtip cards to studentsabout proper dress asemester before heappeared on CNN.

How do you go fromgiving out tip cards tosmashing NCCU on tele-vision without giving thestudents a chance torespond?

I didn’t get a card, but

my professor raised theissue in class.

Another professortook a stand of non-toler-ance against inappropri-ate dress in class.

A good student leadertook action and stirredstudent awareness. Sonow, as a business stu-dent, I look to communi-cate my attitude towardthe situation.

I know that I will con-duct myself professional-ly for the sake of ourreputation because Iknow image is impor-tant.

Nationally, takingaway from our imageover an in-house opera-tional deficiency doesnothing for the hometeam.

We’ll fix it, but itcould’ve been fixed with-out telling the wholenation.

I hope our SGA-electtakes this advice intoconsideration in hisfuture endeavors inoffice.

Renovating our image

Jeremy Finch

Everyone pays the same price for their

selected meal plans. The Simply To Go

section should offer just as many options as

the dine-in section.