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Early in the morning ofJan. 19, N.C. CentralUniversity students, facul-ty and other Durham citi-zens lined up at the LeRoyT. Walker Complex to paytribute to Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. by dedi-cating their day to com-munity service.

The annual event, MLKDay of Service, was hostedby United Way of theTriangle.

Participants filled plas-tic bags with ingredientsfor bean soup, craftedblankets for children inneed, wrote encouragingcards for local studentsand helped load the fin-ished products onto adelivery truck.

Freshman JonathanAllen said the experienceshowed him how gratefulhe should be for what hehas., Mass communicationsophomore NicholasTillman, who worked onthe soup project, said, “ Ithought it was neatbecause we all had achance to collaborate andto work together in mak-ing the lunches.

“It was a big teameffort,” Tillman said.

To make the blankets,students cut shapes anddesigns as decorations,and competed with groupmembers to create thebest-looking blanket.

“The cooperationaround the gym wasgreat,” said junior DarrellPalmer.

“As I looked around, Isaw many students help-ing each other with thetask at hand,” Palmersaid.

Upon arrival, each stu-dent donated one dollar tothe campus pantry, gener-ating $1,000. Studentsearned 15 communityservice hours for partici-

pating.Many shared their

experiences on socialmedia, taking photos ofeach other working on theprojects.

Senior Raven Reed

said she took plenty ofpictures because “it’simportant to share withothers who may not havebeen able to come.”

Although the event last-ed only three hours, most

students felt they hadmade a lasting impact.

“I don’t do this for thehours,” said criminal jus-tice junior Laura Acosta.

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It may not be the highest-profile job at a university,but academic advising –especially for freshmen andsophomores — can make orbreak a student’s experi-ence.

New students whoreceive inadequate advis-ing may have to take moreclasses than they wouldnormally need.

This heavier course loadcan cause students to fallbehind in their classes orfail to graduate on time,meaning they must spendmore money than necessaryfor their education.

They might get so frus-trated that they drop out ofschool altogether.

Preventing these scenar-ios is the mission of NCCU’sUniversity College, accord-ing to its associate dean,Jennifer Schum.

“Having a UniversityCollege allows advisers andour other half of UniversityCollege, support services,to really focus and spendall of our time on support-ing new students,” saidSchum.

Schum has more than 10years of experience in high-er education.

She was formerly theassociate director of aca-demic and career planningat Meredith College inRaleigh.

University College,established in 2008, is fund-

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DAY OF SERVICE INSPIRESParticipants heed King’s question: “What are you doing for others?”

34 UNC centers under scrutinyRepublican-led Board of Govenors will review two NCCU institutes

BY JAMAR NEGRONECHO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Last December, JarvisHall, political science asso-ciate professor, received anemail from N.C. Central

University’s Office ofAcademic Affairs requestingsome information about theInstitute for CivicEngagement and SocialChange, an institute hestarted in 2006.

Hall said the Institute forCivic Engagement andSocial Change aims to builda civic capacity for studentsthrough community out-reach and knowledge aboutthe political system.

These questions stoodout: “What justifies yourcenter as a center for inter-disciplinary research, serv-ice or instruction?” and“Can this center exist sepa-rately from the university?”

Hall said even before hereceived the email, heheard rumors of campusinstitutes and centers beingbrought under scrutiny by aworking group within theUNC Board of Governors.

The working group that isreviewing centers and insti-tutes at UNC’s 16 con-stituent universities is madeup from a group of UNCBoard of Governors mem-bers who were predomi-nantly appointed byRepublican state officials.

“On the one hand youunderstand why therewould be some scrutiny for acenter like this,” Hall said,adding that it is the Board ofGovernor’s job to ensurethat campus centers areusing public funds and

UniversityCollege hits

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ATLANTA – When AundreaNattiel goes in for a sessionwith her college adviser atGeorgia State University,there are no secrets.

A detailed computer pro-file provides informationabout every class taken andevery grade earned byNattiel during her time atthe school, as well as heracademic history at the col-lege she attended beforetransferring.

If the junior sociologymajor withdraws from aclass, forgets to take a pre-requisite or doesn’t regis-ter for enough credit hoursto keep her on track forgraduation, her adviserreceives an alert and sum-mons Nattiel.

The high-level trackingand advising done byGeorgia State is part of theuniversity’s work toimprove retention andgraduation rates, preventstudents from takingunnecessary classes, andultimately lower collegecosts and student loan debt.

Its progress has gainedthe school national atten-tion. It was also one of thekey factors in state college

leaders deciding to mergethe university with GeorgiaPerimeter College, whichhas struggled in these sameareas.

Using 10 years of collect-ed data, Georgia State hasdeveloped intervention ini-tiatives, including a robustadvising program, to helpits students stay on track.

The work — headed byTim Renick, GeorgiaState’s vice president forenrollment services andstudent success, as well asvice provost — has becomepart of a national focus onimproving college out-comes.

Recent data on collegestudents are discouraging.

Most students are notgraduating on time, accord-ing to a report fromComplete College America,and loan debt has skyrock-eted to more than $1 tril-lion, exceeding auto andcredit card debts.

In this area, GeorgiaState has received awardsfrom academic associa-tions, and PresidentBarack Obama lauded theschool in November duringthe White House’s collegeopportunity summit.

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resources in a just and pro-ductive manner.

But Hall said rumors ofpossible political motivesbehind the action unsettledhim.

That, coupled with thefact that the Republican-led state legislature aims tocut up to $15 million instate funding from NorthCarolina’s state universi-ties and wants to considerreducing state funds forcenters and institutes, hadHall wondering about thepurpose of the presentationhe was being asked to giveto UNC to the workinggroup.

“I wasn’t crazy about it …I was very concerned aboutit,” he said. “It seemed tobe calling into questionwork that we’re doing. Andwe think the work thatwe’re doing is very impor-tant.”

“The sense I got was, ourcenter was not really ontheir radar,” said Hallabout his Dec. 10 presenta-tion, adding that many peo-ple asked why his centerwas there in the first place.

He said the questions hereceived were more admin-istrative, like budget infor-mation.

Like many of the centersidentified on workinggroup’s list of 34 centersand institutes, Hall’s centerdeals with social issues andmight be thought of by con-servative Republicans asexcessively “progressive.” Hall also said getting stu-dents register to vote and togetting them to the polls ispart of the center’s mission.

Hall said he believeswhat his center does is nec-essary and, despite therumors of an underlyingwar of ideologies, shouldnot be viewed as a politicalentity.

“We pursue what we callprogressive issues,” Hallsaid. “We are concernedwith social justice. If that’sleft, that’s left. If that’sright, that’s right.”

Hall’s institute was oneof two NCCU institutes thatended up on the workinggroup’s list.

The second, the JuvenileJustice Institute housed inthe Criminal Justice build-ing, aims to influence juve-nile justice policy and helpreduce juvenile crime inNorth Carolina. According to the institute’swebsite, the institute hasseveral projects underwayto help minority youth.

These projects include aplan of action to helpDurham Public Schools,the Durham PoliceDepartment and Durham’sSherriff ’s office “addressthe disproportionate num-ber of minority youthreferred to the juvenile jus-tice system.”

Arnold Dennis, execu-tive director, also attendedthe Dec. 10 meeting.

He said although he wasnot sure why the meetingwas called, he found noth-

ing out of the ordinaryabout the meeting providedbudgetary and administra-tive information about hisinstitute.

But Gene Nichol, direc-tor UNC-Chapel Hill’sCenter on Poverty, Workand Opportunity, is lesssanguine about the motivesof the working group’sreview of the centers andinstitutes.

Nichol has written sev-eral News & Observer edi-torials criticizing theRepublican-led GeneralAssembly and RepublicanGov. Pat McCrory arguingthat Republican policiesand budgets have impover-ished the state and highereducation.

In an article for NCPolicy Watch, Nicholaddressed issues of anunderlying cause for theUNC system’s scrutiny,remarking, “It’s hard not toworry that there is a potentideological agenda atwork.”

In a statement written tothe Board of Governors,Nichol addressed thenotion of the required pre-sentations harboring anulterior motive, mentioningthree different occasionswhere he identified legisla-tive leaders pressuring himto stop writing articlesabout the Republican legis-lature.

“The Poverty Center ishonored to be among thelist of threatened centers,”Nichol wrote in the piece. Harvey McMurray, criminaljustice department chair,was present during Dennis’presentation.

He said he was “some-what impressed” thatJames L. Holmes Jr., theUNC Board of Governorhead of the working group,assured presenters that thepurpose of the meetingsapolitical and unbiased.

McMurray said while thedecision to call the meet-ings was within the Boardof Governor’s power andcalled the decision to peri-odically inquire of a univer-sity’s centers and institu-tions “healthy,” he lament-ed the lack of transparencythe board showed.

“Sometimes it’s not onlywhat you do but how you goabout doing it,” he said.

Although he said he wasinclined to believe Holmes’claim of neutrality duringthe presentations,McMurray said he believedthe meetings were a smallpart of a bigger agenda bythe UNC Board ofGovernors, one thatinvolves the Board ofGovernors attempting tocentralize control.

“A major strength of theUNC system is their diver-sity. We need to be proac-tive and somewhat stay infront of this thing,” he said.

“The very integrity ofour institution and particu-larly historically minorityinstitutions are at risk.”

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In addition to advisingabout 2,478 freshmen andsophomores, UniversityCollege houses and admin-isters support services suchas the University TestingCenter, Developmental andSupplemental Learning,the Writing Studio and theLyceum Series.

But freshmen and sopho-more advising is not as sim-ple as one might assume.

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majors once, twice or evenmore.

Schum said the processgoes much more smoothlywhen students take owner-ship of their college experi-ence.

“Too often,” she said,“students are relying onadvisers to have all thework done for them.”

Taking ownership meansscheduling an appointmentwhen an adviser e-mails.

It means being familiarwith both GEC and majorrequirements. Schum sug-gests that students reviewtheir curriculum beforetheir advising session.

But most importantly,taking ownership meansstudying for and passingcourses, to avoid retakingthem.

Many students report apositive experience withUniversity College.

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Nicole Boone said herexperience with UniversityCollege has been greatsince she started.

“My adviser JacquelineOkoh is straightforward,”said Boone, adding thatOkoh has done a great jobkeeping her on track and inthe right courses.

But mathematics second-ary education sophomoreAaron Alston said he raninto some problems. Alstonstarted as a nursing major.

“The path my adviserhad me on, I was supposedto bridge in spring 2015 intothe nursing program,” he

said. “When we went over the

curriculum, I didn’t have allthe courses I needed to takein order to bridge.”

According to Alston, hisadviser was not aware ofthe courses he needed toenroll in the nursing pro-gram.

He changed his majorbecause sticking with nurs-ing would have meant hewould graduate later thanhe planned.

Still, Alston said hisoverall experience withUniversity College “hasbeen good.”

One factor complicatingthe University College’ssuccess is common to alllarge organizations: gettingeach department to commu-nicate with advisers andcooperate with the advisingprocess.

Often, course require-ments are inconsistent.

“There is a curriculum inthe 2013-2015 catalog.There is a different cur-riculum on the webpage.And then there is a differ-ent curriculum that is on aWord document,” saidSchum.

“I’m working with thedepartment to say whichone is correct.”

Schum said some advis-ers work as liaisons todepartments.

These liaisons follow upwith curriculum updates

and reach out to depart-ments telling them not toforget to include UniversityCollege when they havechanges or thingsUniversity College needs tobe aware of.

Another complicatingfactor is adviser work load.

A University Collegeadviser — there are 16 inall — may be responsiblefor up to 200 students.

Schum said UniversityCollege advisers arerequired to have a master’sdegree in higher educationor counseling, as well asexperience working withyoung people.

Each adviser undergoesmonthly training to stay ontop of things.

“I see training as anongoing process,” saidSchum.

According to AndrewWilliams, a professor in thedepartment of language andliterature and the depart-ment’s director of advising,advising is an “essentialpart” and “often the mostrewarding” aspect of hisjob.

Williams has advisedNCCU students for 20 years.

He said UniversityCollege got off to a rockystart.

However, he said“University College is doinga really good job now.”

“They are really on top ofit.”

University College Associate Dean Jennifer Schum say students will matriculate faster if they areproactive and and come to their advising sessions well-prepared.

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• The campus deadline for all students planning to study abroad in

summer 2015 or fall 2015 is February 15, 2015. If you have not yet

selected a program, please contact the Office of International Affairs as

soon as possible.

• The spring semester First Thursday Study Abroad Information Sessions

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Education sophomore Rachel Johnson cuts out cloth for a no-sew blanket for children in need at theMLK Day of Service.

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Part-time caregiver is needed for

an elderly woman living at home.

Schedules 7 days per week are 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., 7 p.m. - 11

p.m.; overnight: 11 p.m. – 9:30 a.m.

The job requires activity to stimulate intellectual and physical health, light house-

keeping, preparing and serving meals, giving medicine that is sorted in pill boxes,

and assisting the client with personal care. A small dog must be fed twice daily and

taken out 3-4 times each day. Caregivers are asked to play games and puzzles,

and engage in conversation. Some may accompany her to the Durham Center for

Senior Living. CNA is not required. Majors in social work, psychology, public health,

nursing, recreation and other human sciences field are encouraged to apply.

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“I do it to help othersand make a difference insomeone being hungry orcold tonight.”

Many students agreed,saying they felt events likethese not only help thepoor people, but also helpstudents become better cit-izens.

“This was the secondyear in a row that I haveparticipated with this

event and I can honestlysay that it is one of themore exhilarating anduplifting community serv-ice events I have beeninvolved with,” said busi-ness senior DominiqueBoone.

Calleen Herbert, inter-im director of theAcademic CommunityService Learning Program,said, “It is important for

students to participate inservice opportunities likethe MLK Jr. Day of Servicebecause we are able toembrace the spirit of serv-ice that is part of the legacyhere at NCCU.”

“It is our hope that theimportance and value ofservice will follow the stu-dents after they leave theUniversity,” she said.

MLK Day of Service participants helped load plastic bags with ingredients for bean soup ontotrucks that would take them to families in need.

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N. C. CentralUniversity’s ArtMuseum is host-

ing its annual exhibition,“Durham’s Finest,” featur-ing the art of Durham’selementary, middle andhigh schools students.

A few of the piecescame from students atSouthern School ofEnergy and SustainabilityHigh School, who perfect-ed their skills under artteacher Crystal Brown.

“These were advancedart students who were APlast year,” said Brown.

As part of the AP art

curriculum, the studentshad to complete a 12-piece portfolio beforeadvancing to the nextcourse.

“A View of City Hall,”from Ivan Martinez’ APportfolio, won gold in theDurham’s Finest Awards.

“I always give my APdrawing students anassignment of drawinghands,” said Brown.

“They have twelveassignments from meand twelve on their own.”

Louis Nunez, fromSouthern High School,won a Durham’s Finest

honorable mention for hisdrawing, “Rinsing WithWater.”

At the local ScholasticArts Awards, Nunez alsoreceived a gold award forthe “Rinsing With Water,”and an honorable men-tion for his “Self-PortraitMosaic.”

Gold award winnersfrom Scholastic Arts earna $1,000 scholarship toBarton College and thechance to enter theNational ScholasticAwards competition.

“Pumpkins and Gourds” by Asha Coltrane, Grade 5, Forest View Elementary School. Art teacher: M. Flowers-Schoen.

“Mona Lisa” by Hen-Ri Siu, Grade 8, Lowe’s Grove Middle. Art teacher: Shawn Smith.

“Gotham City” by Edward N. Swansey, Grade 7, Brogden Middle School. Art teacher: Jackie Rea. “Rinsing with Water” by Louis Nunez, Grade 12, Southern School of Energy Sustainablility. Art teacher: Crystal Brown.

“Lady of Northern” by Art Club, Grades 9-12, Northern High School. Art teacher: Tabitha Eller.

“African Mist” by Patricia Holeman, Grade 8, Neal Middle. Art teacher: Joanna Ali.

“Cats of Lightning” by Natalie Alba, Grade 4, SouthwestElementary School. Art teacher: Kerri Lockwood.

“Dog” by Connor Peterson, Grade 7, Durham School of the Arts. Art teacher: Val H.H. Martinez.

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Ava DuVernay’s “Selma”is a heart-wrenching andtrue depiction of MartinLuther King’s experience in1965’s march on Selma,Alabama.

The film opened Jan. 9,after a year darkened byrace-related violence andpolice brutality.

Mike Brown. Eric Garner.Tamir Rice. Each name trig-gers a moment engrained inthe minds of Americans,their lives and deathsreminders that Americastill has a lot of work to do.

After months of race-related peaceful protests,riots, and a social mediawar that has both promotedand undermined the fightfor equality, this movieseals offers much-neededperspective on what dedica-tion to positive change canmean.

Within the first five min-utes of “Selma,” DuVernayspotlights the ignorant vio-lence that plagued the ‘60sand ‘70s.

Four elementary-schoolgirls walk down churchstairs discussing CorettaScott King’s hairstyle. Mid-sentence, the girls are blast-ed off their feet, killingthem and leaving otherchurch members, ribbonsand socks covered in rub-ble.

“Based on my readingsabout what happened in1965 and everything leadingup to 1965 and listening tothose individuals who werea part of the civil rightsmovement who were a partof the Selma march … I

trust what Andy Young[MLK aide and formermayor of Atlanta] had tosay,” said history professorFreddie Parker.

“Andy Young said that thedepiction in the movie wasabout 99 percent accurate.”

Today, many young peo-ple are confused by Dr.King’s popularity during the1960’s because of the way heis portrayed in some text-books.

Contrary to the beliefthat all civil rights activistsand the black communitysupported Dr. King, themovie gives tells the story ofthe thousands of peoplewho were afraid of or dis-agreed with Dr. King’s tac-tics.

Parker said that truth is“what I look for in a histori-cal movie.

“Are you putting crap outthere or are you trying tostay as close to the script aspossible? They stayed to thehistorical script prettyclosely.”

Each scene was intro-duced with on-screen textexplaining the date, loca-tion and time of subsequentevents.

“Every part was reallydynamic,” said Parker.

“The whole thing wasactually gripping. The factthat I’ve read all of thisstuff, it’s not new…it’s just akind of reiteration…of whatyou’ve read and what you’vebeen taught about the civilrights movement.”

DuVernay pays closeattention to historicaldetail, involving viewers inthe emotional lives of eachcharacter. Annie LeeCooper (Oprah Winfrey), for

example, is denied the rightto vote because she canrecite the names of the 61Alabama judges.

“My hope is that they [theyouth] will understandwhere we were 50 years agoand learn some life lessonsfrom it,” said Parker.

“Hopefully the moviewill make them want to goout and read and use it in apositive way to propel usinto the future.”

Psychology and historysenior Randall Chandlersaid, “I’d done a researchpaper on [Lyndon B.]Johnson a couple years agoand with Johnson’s back-ground I could understandwhy he would take up withcivil right, because he couldunderstand the plight ofpoor people.”

Chandler said thisresearch helped him appre-ciate the veracity of themovie, such as the startlingscene in which Coretta Kingplays a voicemail revealingKing’s affair.

“Some people say thatthey should not have saidanything about the FBI’staping of King’s supposedinfidelities,” said Chandler.

“I’m glad that part was inthe movie, because itreminded people that Dr.King had the same chal-lenges of any other humanbeing, but he did a verygood job of getting beyondhis challenges and doingwhat he did.

“The people that endedup taking his life couldn’tget past their challenges.”

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Hosea Williams of the Southern Christian Leadership and John Lewis of the Student NonviolentCoordinating Committee, followed by Albert Turner (SCLC) and Bob Mants (SNCC), lead the march

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BY LEAH MONTGOMERYECHO ASSISTANT EDITOR

WASHINGTON — TheSenate rejected the scientificconsensus that humans arecausing climate change, daysafter NASA and the NationalOceanic and AtmosphericAdministration declared2014 the hottest year everrecorded on Earth.

The Republican-con-trolled Senate defeated ameasure Wednesday statingthat climate change is realand that human activity sig-nificantly contributes to it.

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, offered the measureas a non-binding amendmentas the Senate debated theKeystone XL pipeline, whichwould tap the carbon-inten-sive oil sands in theCanadian province ofAlberta.

The Senate voted 50-49 onthe measure, which required60 votes in order to pass.

“Only in the halls ofCongress is this a controver-sial piece of legislation,”Schatz said.

The Senate, though, is aplace where the chairman ofthe environment committee,Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla.,is an enthusiastic denier of

climate change, saying it isthe “biggest hoax” perpetrat-ed against mankind.

“The hoax is there aresome people so arrogant to

think they are so powerfulthey can change the climate,”Inhofe said Wednesday onthe Senate floor. “Man can’tchange the climate.”

The Senate, with Inhofe’ssupport, did pass a separatemeasure saying that climatechange is real – just not thathuman activity is a cause.

Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.,was the only senator to voteagainst it.

The Democrats pushed forthe climate change votes asan attempt to getRepublicans on the record inadvance of the 2016 elec-tions, with polls showing thata majority of Americansbelieve humans are causingglobal warming. The voteswere offered as non-bindingamendments to the billauthorizing construction ofKeystone.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, urged her colleaguesto vote against the findingthat climate change is signifi-cantly caused by humans.

Murkowski, chairwomanof the energy committee, hasexpressed worries about theimpact of climate change onher state.

But she said on the Senatefloor that the fact the meas-ure included the word “sig-nificantly” was enough tomerit voting against it.

Some Republican sena-tors, including MajorityLeader Mitch McConnell ofKentucky, have dodged theissue of whether humans arecausing climate change,often using the talking pointthat “I’m not a scientist.”

President Barack Obamamocked the “I’m not a scien-tist” line in his State of theUnion speech on Tuesdaynight.

“Well, I’m not a scientist,either. But you know what ? Iknow a lot of really good sci-entists at NASA, and NOAA,and at our major universi-ties,” Obama said.

Scientists from NASA andNOAA announced last weekthat 2014 was the hottest yearon record, continuing awarming trend that the scien-tists attributed to greenhousegases from the burning of fos-sil fuels.

Just five Republicans,including Sen. LindseyGraham of South Carolina,joined the Democrats onWednesday in voting for thefinding that human activitysignificantly contributes toclimate change.

Graham said he’s not a sci-entist, but that he has heardenough from scientists on theissue to be convinced.

He rejected Democraticarguments that approving theKeystone XL pipeline wouldworsen climate change,though, maintaining that theCanadian oil sands are goingto be developed even if thepipeline is not built.

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Call it Big Brother for College Students.

When Renick moved intothe vice provost office sixyears ago, he realized therewere deeper challenges forGeorgia State’s students. Thecollege has a nonwhite popu-lation of slightly more than 60percent, and almost 60 per-cent of the college’s roughly32,000 students receive feder-al needs-based Pell Grants,Renick said.

“We knew our approachhad to be different because ofour population,” he said.

In a recent piece in TheNew York Times, Renicknoted that for students, par-ticularly low-income stu-dents, there is a need to com-plete college expeditiously.

If they run out of financialaid, “they’re dropping outand they’re dropping out withdebt and no college degree,”he said. “We’re giving them atleast a fighting chance.”

To better help students,Georgia State began using itscollected historical data ongrades and student outcomesto predict student perform-

ance in other classes. The data collection led to

the use of a Web-based track-ing system of more than 700items that alerts adviserswhen students have gotten offtrack.

Last year, the system foundthat 2,000 students had signedup for the wrong classes.

Having the kind of inten-sive advising that GeorgiaState does can be a bit discon-certing at first, but it is gener-ally appreciated.

To get these kinds of out-comes, Georgia State ramped

up its advising staff, witheach adviser responsible forabout 300 students, downfrom almost 1,000 a couple ofyears ago.

Other colleges within thestate are also working towardsome form of advising anddata analytics similar toGeorgia State’s.

The work is key to thestate’s Complete CollegeGeorgia initiative, launchedby Gov. Nathan Deal threeyears ago with the goal ofincreasing by 250,000 thenumber of college graduates

in the state by 2020.Georgia State’s interven-

tion work has yielded tangi-ble gains. Although statefunding has declined and thenumber of economically dis-advantaged students hasincreased, the college hasseen a rise in its graduationrates for students who earnedtheir degrees within sixyears, including those forminority students.

Ten years ago, GeorgiaState’s graduation rate hov-ered around 32 percent. Itincreased to almost 54 per-

cent last year, approachingthe national six-year rate of59 percent reported by theNational Center forEducation Statistics.

The college also ranksamong the highest in thenation in the number of bach-elor’s degrees awarded toblack students.

“The major successes havenot been with programsaimed at certain demograph-ics,” said Renick, who has seta graduation goal of 60 per-cent. “It’s an issue of theproblems, not people.”

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Cypher goes viral Rappers, reciters and revolutionaries gather

Family & Consumer Sciences major, Ja’Mareia Bonner, cutting outa sleeve pattern in Apparel Design 2 class.

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BY ALEXANDRIA GLENNECHO A&E EDITIOR

Every Monday night acrowd of students, Raleighcitizens, MCs, homelessmen and creative mindscrowd together in the freeexpression tunnel.

With ears at the ready,they make way on foot orroll up on skate boards toattend the NC state cypher.

Four years ago afterdropping an album, localMC “Mike Live” reachedout to local MCs in the RDUarea and called up a cypheron NC State University’scampus at the free expres-sion tunnel.

“It started out small andafter the photos from thecypher hit the internet andafter everything went viral,the cypher blew up,” saidAndrew Weaver, a cypherveteran who goes by“Jerusalem.”

The MCs decided to offi-cially establish the infa-mous gathering everyMonday night at 11 PMwhere people could freelycome and recite, rap, spraypaint and spit knowledgeamongst one another whilemainly focusing on the style

of freestyle rap in a culture-filled way.

Over the past four years,the cypher has growntremendously and hasgained the presence of tal-ented minds to fellowshipwith one another by rap-ping about anything fromrace to God, people, Peace,the government and more.

Cypher veteran JosiahJahi was one of the first toattend this cypher move-ment.

“I am from Brooklyn,New York so being at thesecyphers gives me a sense ofhome,” said Jahi.

“We have grown into afamily and I have meetsome really powerful peo-ple and have learn atremendous about of knowl-edge while attending thiscypher over the years.

Being from up north Idon’t have a car down here,but I have met some of mylong term friends who hadmade those same walks as Idid down to these cyphers.”

Ever since the cyphersstarted, they have nevermissed a Monday, throughrain, sleet or snow; nothinghas stopped cypher goersfrom gathering.

Frenando Sanders isanother cypher veteranwho heard about the cypherfrom word of mouth.

“I am an artist myself socoming out here helps mewith lyricism and sharpen-ing my stage presence, allwhile allowing me to con-nect with different cultures.

Here we learn knowl-edge that you can’t find inany text book,” saidSanders.

Within the last two years,the cypher has really begunto blow up. When thecypher first started, it hadat least a dozen people inattendance.

Now, hundreds of peoplegather around sitting on 15-feet graffitied walls andcrowding steps to get a hitof the powerful cyphermovement.

The idea of the cypherhas reached out and influ-enced various universitiessuch as N.C. CentralUniversity, East CarolinaUniversity, Appalachianstate, UNC Asheville andUNC Chapel Hill.

The NC State Cyphercrew have attended theseuniversity cypher gather-ings as well.

NCCU’s history of hiphop professor 9th Wonderhas visited the infamous NCstate cypher on several dif-ferent occasions.

“One of my artistsRapsody shot a video outthere during a Mondaynight cypher which still pre-mieres on MTV,” said 9th.

“I respect the fact thatthey are being proactive insharing the culture ofexpression through thesecyphers and I give credit tothe amount of respect theyshow one another whileeach performer is spitting.”

In Sept. 2014, the News &Observer did an article onthe cypher causing themovement to gain morepublic recognition.

“After the News andObserver article came out,it was a full house that fol-lowing Monday,” saidJerusalem.

Other newspapers havedone articles on them suchas Oak City Hustle and UNCChapel Hill’s campus news-paper.

Soon after, in November2014, a Cypher documentarywas released that gainedover 12,000 subscribes onYouTube.

Every Monday night at approximately 11 p.m. cypher goers from around the Triangle gather at the free expression tunnel vibing knowledge.

ALEXIUS WATSON /Echo Staff photographer

J. Cole2014 Forest Hills Drive Roc Natn/Columbia

3out of 5on the black hand side

I find myself scratchingmy head when listening to“2014 Forest Hills Dr.”, thethird critical release fromN.C. native, J. Cole.

Cole has cemented him-self as a not-to-be-taken-light-ly creative whose work hasall the tapestry of greatness.

Sadly, “2014 FHD” is justthat, tapestry.

In my analysis, I havefound that the calculus of itsperformancelacks theundeniablepush towardsgreatness.

With thatbeing said,“2014 FHD”is a goodalbum, wor-thy of anypraise itreceives; it just isn’t great.

On the one hand, the listof rappers I like more than J.Cole is small.

His acute understandingof hip-hop history and hisplace in it is the type ofscholarly appreciation mostof his contemporaries lack.

But Cole has yet to tran-scend these general — albeitpositive — superlatives andimmortalize himself in thepantheon of rap idols.

The relevant subject mat-ter and minimalist aestheticof the album had me salivat-ing for what I hoped wouldbe an undeniable manifestoof both Cole’s character andcreation.

But alas, I am left with thefamiliar other hand. Thishand, or should I say fist, isarmed with the soberingreality of having listened tothe album.

I think he is a damn goodrapper: a rare talent, brim-ming with all tools able tomake him outstanding.

Despite his talent andcharm, the thing that becameapparent after listening tothis album is the gaps — thegaps of talent between Coleand some of his contempo-raries.

He doesn’t have thevoyeuristic bravado of Drake,the sage-like wisdom ofKiller Mike, the lyrical force-

of-will of Kevin Gates, oreven the high-wire daring ofAzalea Banks.

In metaphor and practice,he is analog in a digital age.

“2014 FHD” is full ofobscure and at times clever70’s soul and rock samples,along with boom-bap drumpatterns ranging from simpleto elegant.

Cole has a heartfelt earsimilar to Dilla and Premier,but in a landscape dominat-ed by DJ Mustard andMikeWill Made-It, his pro-duction style feels — inplaces — dry and archaic.

“2014 FHD”has the bangand fizzle offireworks. The first sixsongs are tri-umphs and setthe scaffoldingfor a focusedbody of work,but the secondhalf of the

album is mostly fizzle. The three best songs on

the album are “January28th”, “03’ Adolescence”, and“A Tale of 2 Citiez,” the thestandout.

“Hands in the air, now.Hands in the air. Run it”,might turn into the tourchant of 2015.

I really can’t say enoughabout this song; it capturesthe urgency of “Maad City”from Kendrick Lamar, whilefurthering Lamar’s work byhumanizing black criminalsagainst the narrative of blackcriminality.

Yet I am left with a feelingof want-to. I want to love thisalbum, but my reality is filledwith a generic sense of like— not a characteristic ofgreat music.

A few of the 13 cuts Imight call brilliant, but thereare glaring lyrical and sonicinconsistencies. The albumclimbs to impressive heights,but then – all of a suddenthere are suddenly stomach-turning dives.

But why should we be sur-prised? His last two albumsalso have stunning peaks andcavernous valleys. Which begs the question: Isit OK for Cole to just be good,when everyone — includingme — expects and wants himto be great?

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According to FashionInc. president Ja’MareiaBonner, few people out-side the fashion industryhave a clue about just howcompetitive the industry is.

“People have a miscon-ception about the fashionindustry,” said Bonner.“They think it’s a big fluff.”

The reality, said Bonner,is that that the fashionindustry is intense, evencutthroat.

Individuals in the indus-try can blunt, even cold-hearted.

“It’s so much more tofashion than knowing howto dress,” said Bonner.

“It comes down to deter-mination and great workethics.”

Students won’t be “spoonfeed” in the fashion indus-try, said Bonner. They willhave to be motivated anddriven.

The goal of Fashion Inc.,a student organization withabout 20 members thatestablished 10 years ago,isn’t just to set the tone forfashion on campus. It’s alsoto prepare students for thereality of this competitive

industry. It’s not all goingto be glitz and glam.

“Fashion Inc. has taughtme how to be strong mind-ed,” said Bonner, whoadded that she ran forpresident because she sawareas where she couldimprove the organization.

According to Bonner herrole as president, andkeeping everyone on track,has taught her valuableleadership skills.

“I’ve grown as a studentand learned to balanceschool work while runningan organization,” saidBonner. “I have willpower.”

Treasurer Braxtonagrees. “I have learned toconduct myself in a profes-sional manner,” saidBraxton.

“Staying on top ofresponsibilities will get onefarther down the road ofsuccess,” said Braxton.

“When I graduate I willincorporate my leadershipskills in all I do, I’ve growninto a responsible womanthrough my leadership rolein Fashion Inc.,” she saidBraxton.

“As a generation we’vebecome lazy. The hustle isgone,” said Bonner.

“We expect everything tobe given, there’s no drivefor success.”

According Bonner organ-ization members selflesslysupport each other and thissupport will get them far inlife.

“Birds of the featherflock together,” saidBonner.

“I will continue to be apositive influence, andmotivate individuals towork hard,” said Bonner.

Students in Fashion Inc.get the opportunity to coor-dinating fashion shows andto network with fashionprofessionals.

These experiences haveled to a number of successstories including CapriceCody, a former intern insocial media marketing andtextile intern at London’sFashion and TextileMuseum, and Wouri Rice, acelebrity stylist to AliciaKeys and Taraji P. Henson.

Fashion Inc.’s annualfashion show, this yearthemed as “Fashion MeetsArt,” will be on April 7 at 7p.m. It will feature thework of over 20 studentfashion designer majors.

The idea is for studentdesigners to incorporatethemes from films, plays,photography, and more.

“Fashion will never bewithout art, fashion is art,”said Bonner, explaining thethis year’s theme.

“I hope all the studentdesigns are dynamic,” saidFashion Inc. faculty adviserWadeeah Beyah, a humansciences visiting instructor.

“And I hope everyone atNorth Carolina CentralUniversity as well as thesurrounding communitiescomes out to the fashionshow,” said Beyah, addingthat she wants everyone tobe aware of the appareldesign program.

Fashion Inc. set the tone“It’s so much more to fashion than

knowing how to dress ...” JA’MAREIA BONNER

PRESIDENT OF FASHION INC / FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES JUNIOR

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Triple digits in the winner’s circleLeVelle Moton snags his 100th career win as head coach

BY AVERY YOUNGECHO SPORTS EDITOR

Last Sunday, CoachKrzyzewski won his 100thcareer game as the Dukemen’s basketball team beatSt. John’s University, 77-68.

The media jumped at thechance to cover his successstory.

However, N.C. CentralUniversity also has a coachwho recently reached amilestone.

LeVelle Moton cruised tohis 100th career win as headcoach of the NCCU men’sbasketball team. The Eaglesdefeated S.C. StateUniversity in the Nest, 76-45.

Even though Moton rec-ognizes the importance ofthis achievement, heremains humble and thank-ful for the support hereceives.

“It feels good to hit tripledigits in the winning catego-ry, but it is more about thepeople and players that I’vebeen around and less aboutme,” said Moton.

“Once you have that, youare bound to have success inthis business.”

Six seasons ago, whenMoton became head coach,he had relatively little col-lege-level experience.

He started coaching mid-dle school, then moved tohigh school, then to coach-ing an AAU (AmateurAthletic Union) league,finally arriving at NCCU asan assistant coach in 2007.

Two years later, Motonbecame head coach.

Moton reflects on his firstwin here as he was trying torebuild the program.

He recalls being down 12or 14 points in the first halfagainst N.C. WesleyanCollege.

“But then we turned it up

in the second half, startedmaking some plays and wewere able to come out with avictory,” he said.

From his first victory till

now, Coach Moton has beenfortunate to be surroundedby what he calls the “Meccaof college basketball.”

He admits to stealing tips

and pointers from greatcoaches such as Coach K(1980-present), Roy Williams(2003-present) and his owncollege coach at NCCU GregJackson (1991-2000).

“I have learned so muchfrom them but I do not try tobe them,” Moton said.

“I try to see what makesthem great and use thoseingredients to make me intothe best LeVelle that I couldbe.”

Moton also credits hiskids with his development.

“Once I had my daughterand my son, I became a bet-ter coach,” he said.

“I now coach from a lead-ership standpoint, but alsofrom a parental standpoint.”

Moton remains thankfulfor the team’s success lastseason. He said winning theMEAC championship is hismost memorable moment.

“On the surface, peopledo not realize the work, thesacrifice, the commitmentand heartache that itrequires to accumulate thattype of success,” he said.

“That moment really wasnot about the game, it was atangible victory within itselffor everything we’ve over-come as a program.”

Even with 100 careerwins, Moton does not wantpeople to look at his careeras a legacy yet.

“I kind of cringe when Ihear the word legacybecause that means that youhave arrived, but I haven’tdone anything yet.”

Coach LeVelle Moton argues a call with a referee in the NCCU at UNC-Chapel Hill game on Nov. 14JAKAI BAKER/Echo staff photographer

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N.C. Central University’sRacquel “Rocky” Davismarked her territory in thewomen’s basketball recordbooks.

Davis scored her 1000thcareer point againstWofford College Jan. 6.Although the game ended ina loss for the Lady Eagles,Davis managed to find somejoy, as she scored 16 points.

Davis, a psychology sen-ior from Brooklyn, trans-ferred from Johnson C.Smith University to NCCUbefore the 2012-2013 season,

In her two seasons play-ing for NCCU, she averaged14.2 PPG and 9.3 RPG(rebounds per game).

“I was really excited,”said Davis about herachievement.

She called the 1000thpoint “a good steppingstone” to boosting her col-lege resume and making apush for professional bas-ketball.

“It’s something that a lotof college athletes don’t get,so it was really special tome,” she said.

Davis is also thankful forher teammates this season.

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closer as a team,” she said.“We have good off-the-

court chemistry, which defi-nitely makes playing withthem more enjoyable. I lovemy teammates and I’m real-ly happy with the team wehave this season.”

Although she just scoredher 1000th point she contin-ues to have high expecta-tions for herself and therest of the Lady Eagles.

“Going forward I want tobe able to continue to makean impact on the floor,”Davis said.

“Try and contribute asmuch as I can with scoringon the offensive end anddefensively work reallyhard not to be a liability andbe in foul trouble so I canplay big minutes.

“As a team our goals areto finish the season, win theremainder of our confer-ence games, head into theMEAC tournament, do welland continue to win so we

can win the Mid-EasternAtlantic Conference cham-pionship.

“I definitely want to beatN.C. A&T, but also from thisseason I’ve enjoyed everyexperience regardless ofwhether we have a winningseason or not.”

Davis also highlights amore intangible accom-plishment: team chemistry.

“The most importantthing about this season is tonot let the number of winsdefine us as a team butrather how hard we work onthe floor every night,” Davissaid.

“I want to take advantageof the fact that this is mylast year and I want to goout the best way possible,”said Davis.

Davis continues her sen-ior season as a forward/cen-ter leading the team in scor-ing. She was named to theAll-MEAC third team andled the team in rebounding

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FORWARD/CENTER LADY EAGLES

College relationships willnever work.-

"He's just not ready." "Have fun, be young."I agree with having fun and

enjoying yourtime while incollege.

But why dopeople make itseem like it’simpossible toenjoy college andlead a healthyrelationship? It’s not impossi-

ble. Far from it. Who's to say

you can't have fun when you’rein love?

If you’re either just lookingto hook up with someone orcuddle in your dorm room,please disregard this message.

But I believe that collegerelationships can go far if it’s apriority.

It kills me to see thisscrewed up portrayal of love.

I’m starting to think peoplehave stopped looking for reallove.

Most of you are content witha booty rub nightly and justhaving someone you can call

yours when in reality, they’reeveryone’s.

You have to make wise deci-sions before entering a rela-tionship with someone in col-lege.

Not everyone is ready, andthat’s okay.

One thing I've noticed aboutour generation is that socialmedia sites like Instagram,Vine, and Twitter have a hugeimpact on relationships.

There’s nothing more irritat-ing than seeing people live byInstagram quotes and memes.

Social networks have creat-ed an image for the perfect cou-ple that leads everyone intosearching for a fantasy, ratherthan leading a healthy relation-ship.

Instagram relationship postsoften have that cliche caption“relationship goals”, whichshows just how little people on

social media think of love. Because of these posts,

young men are expected toleave Victoria Secret gifts andUggs on a girl’s front porch.

It all sounds nice, but thereality is that love doesn’talways look like that.

These guys are strugglingcollege students just like you.Besides, a healthy relationshipisn’t determined by the amountof money spent on someone.

Every relationship isn’t thesame and everything isn’t whatit seems to be on social media.

Stop looking for people youcan stunt with on Instagram. Ifthat’s all you’re looking for, staysingle. If not, you should startpreparing yourself for someoneyou can build with.

If you’re going to set “rela-tionship goals” they should bebased on trust and love.

Trust is very important when

dealing with relationshipswhile in college.

College is about buildingyour platform, experiencingnew things, and networking.

Holding your partner backfrom meeting new people andbuilding friendships due totrust issues is the last thing youwant to do.

You must learn to trust yourpartner, if the relationship isworth having.

If not, wasting your time andworrying if someone is cheatingon you will leave you with aheadache and unwanted stress.

Insecurities are one of themain reasons for failed rela-tionships.

If you are seeing signs andreasons not to trust someone,by all means, find someone whounderstands you.

Relationships are not meantto be stressful. It should be theexact opposite.

College relationships aren’tunmanageable, just choosewisely.

If you plan on entering arelationship while in school,make sure it’s with someonethat will encourage you andsupport you, not distract youfrom your goals.

Stress is a powerful thing.Almost everyone does it,yet it accomplishes noth-

ing.We stress over money, work

and classes. We stress over people's

opinions and world issues. We stress over our greatest

challenges.We stress over

situations backat home.

Most of whatcauses us tostress out shouldnot control ourattitudes as weallow it to.

People don'trealize stress isnot somethingthat either hap-

pens to us or something we gothrough.

In fact, it's something thatwe do to ourselves.

Of course, there are timeswe would consider “stressfultimes,” as when things gettough. No matter the situation,we’re doing the stressing. It’snot the situation.

We make that choice!Still, there will always be

situations that we can't helpbut to experience. But thestress in question is a needlessand senseless state of mind.

As students, stress weakensour values.

We can’t live by quotes suchas “Grey skies are just cloudspassing over,” if we allow our-selves to stress out.

With increasing competitive-ness in the classroom, it isessential that students under-stand the difference betweenunhealthy stress and motivat-ing pressure.

To discover how unneces-sary and useless stress is, justweigh out the disadvantages ofallowing ourselves to stress.

For example, finals week, aweek devoted to test-takingand preparing for test-taking.

It's a time where most stu-dents are focused and strivingto finish the semester with asolid last performance.

Does stress help you retainwhat you're studying?

Does it help you sleep bet-ter?

Does it allow you to remem-ber important dates?

No, stress affects one’s studyhabits, and it may also causeone to lose sleep and barelyremember to study during sucha tense week.

The only purpose that stressserves within an academicenvironment is to make a stu-dent's life harder.

Now, getting rid of stressdoesn't mean we turn off allelectronics, close our books,and neither retreat to Netflixnor our game consoles.

Responsible students mustlearn to balance their schedulewith studies and leisure.

We must remember thatalthough stress should beavoided, pressure can be bene-ficial.

There's nothing wrong withstudents pressuring them-selves to perform to the best oftheir abilities.As long as your focus is onwhat one can control.

The competitive academicenvironment requires self-dis-cipline.

The major differencebetween pressure and stress isthe control you have over yourthoughts.

There is no logic in worry-ing about things that you can’tchange.

Stressing over a test won’tbetter the odds of a good score.

But it may lead to lack ofsleep and unwarranted worry.

Pressuring yourself to suc-ceed can change the outcome.

It means focusing on whatyou can control, such as givingyourself study time and plentyof sleep.

The life of a college studentis challenging enough.

Choose not to allow yourselfto stress.

Don't sweat what's out ofyour control.

And pressure yourself to bethe best you can be.

10 Campus EchoWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2015

“My ultimate goalis to be great ineverything I to doand to accomplishall my goals.”

— Harvey Bell,Junior

“Unfortunately, Idon’t have goalsper semester; how-ever I want toaccomplish theunexpected.”

— Jaziel Brown,Junior

Sound OffWhat’s your ultimate goal

for this spring semester?

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passing over,” if we allow ourselves to stress out.

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It kills me to see this screwed up portrayal of love.I’m really starting to think people have stopped look-ing for real love. Most of you are content with a booty

rub nightly and just having someone you can callyours when in reality, they’re everyone’s.

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EvanOwens