4 • BENNETT BANNER • OCTOBER 8,1999
• BRIEFS & REVIEWS* BRIEFS & REVIEWS ■ BRIEFS & REVIEWS
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On and Off Campus Events • Activities • Announcements
Compiled By
LA' SHAINNA CAMPBELL
Staff Reporter and Staff
Ebony Vibes Trivia Question #1
Who is the female rap artist in the new EPMD, Redman,and
Method Man? Please submit your answers to Dee in Shell Hall
B. Oops: The EV question #2 was published the Sept. 24 issue.
Reader's Theater Performance
The Reader's Theater fall recital, 'Some of Us Are Brave', is
Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Little Theater. The recital will feature
two interpretive readings "Common Prayer"and "For My
People."
Summer PreMed Program Offered
Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University in Houston are
now accepting applications for the Honors Premedical Academy,
in session May 29-July 6,2000. Belles considering careers as
physicains may apply for the six-week summer program which
provides college credit, housing, and a stipend. The application
deadline is April 3. For more information call (800) 798-8244.
Free Health Screening
The Sickle Cell Disease Association of the Piedmont is sponsor
ing a free health screening Nov. 4 and 18 from 1-5 p.m. The
screening includes blood pressure, sickle cell disease, HIV, and
Sexually Transmitted Infection tests. No appointment needed.
For more information, call 886-2437.
GMAT and GRE Prepatory Course
The Business and Economics Department and Business Club
are sponsoring a six- week GMAT and GRE prepatory course on
Thursdays from Oct. 23 through mid November , 2- 3 p.m. in
Black Hall 206A.
Black MEIBstoiT
ON THIS DA Y IN OCTOBER
.Critic's So rneri
reviews &
Lost Boyz turn tragedy \previews
into triumph with their latest release
AftCT the senseless murdCT of
groiq) member, Raymond
“Freaky Tah” Rogers, UnivCTsal
Records’ reigning rap crew from
Queens, the Lost Boyz --
comprised of Mr. Cheeks, Pretty
Lou and Spigg Nice - have
regrouped and are ready to rule
with the release of their third
project, "LB IV Life."
Their first two albums,
"Legal Drug Money" (1996) and
"Love, Peace & Nappiness"
(1997) were both certified gold,
establishing the four-man dred
squad as the premier party-crew.
They’ve released many crowd-
pleasing anthems including,
"Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz &
Benz," "Music Makes Me
High,” along with the heartfelt
tracks “Renee” and “Me & My
Crazy Word.” Mr. Cheeks has
also made guest appearances on
other hit songs such as Queen
Pen’s “A Party Ain’t A Party”
and 112’s “Come See Me.”
Though Freaky Tah died
during the initial recording of the
album, his presence is still
prominent The New York
natives deliver a special homage
to their hometown in their own
distinctly rugged yet ‘round-the-
way style. TTie disc is bursting
wiA party jams, including “Plug
Me In” and “Let’s Roll Dice,”
two stand-out cuts showcasing
their hard-core hip hop roots.
The song “Ghetto Jiggy” is
predictable, but it is sure to be a
standard at ghetto parties
Music Review
everywhere.
"LB IV Life" is better than I
expected. However, the material
is rife with standard rap redun
dancy. The same old topics of
violence, sex, and general
mayhem are dominant on the
disc. The Lost Boyz could use a
breath of fiesh air like a live '
album or a free style session
over unusual beats. Have the
Lost Boyz reached their creative
peak? It seems like it We’ve
come to expect the bass-heavy,
group tracks they produce and so
far they haven’t strayed much
from their formula.
Though LB IV Life is good, I
kind of expected more from
them.
The Lost Boyz have overcome
many obstacles in their life, but
the group looked at the recording
of LB IV Life as a vehicle to ^
replace a negative with a
positive, to turn darkness to
light, and death into Ufe.
Although I’m sorry about the
death of yet another young rap
artist, LB also stands for stale.
Buy it at a markdown price.
Buy at regular price ***
Buy it on sale**
Black market purchase only *
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LA' SHAINNA CAMPBELL
Staff Refjorter and Staff
• 7,1993 Toni Morrison
renowned author was awarded
the Nobel Prize in literature.
>13,1904 Mary McLeod
Bethune opened Daytona
Normal Institutional school in
Daytona Beach Ha. In 1923 the
school mCTged with Cookman
Institute and became Bethune
Cookman College.
• 17,1956 Mae Jemlson
became the first black female
astronaut in NASA history, she
was also the first black female to
go in space.
• 18,1951 Terry McMillan
novelist is bom in Port Huron,
Mich. McMillan's popular books
include "How Stella Got Her
Groove Back," and "Disappear
ing Acts."
• 19,1944 African-American
women were permitted to join
the UJS. Navy Women’s
Reserves (WAVES).
• 13,1970 Angela Davis was
arrested in New York City, and
charged with unlawful flight to
avoid persecution for her alleged
role in a California shoot out
where four people were killed.
She was tried and acquitted in
1972.
• 26,1911 Mahalla Jackson
gospel singer, was bom in New
Orleans.
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Publication Schedule
for the 1999-2000
School Year
Dates subject
to change
without notice
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lost on where to put your pennies
that you get back when you make
a purchase? Give them to the
UNCF fund-raiser.. Stop by
Memer Hall 11. Your donation is
a contribution to my participation
in the Miss UNCF contest Thank
you in advance, Karen Bourne,
junior accounting major. Remem
ber a penny saved is a penny
earned, so save those pennies
when you are shopping in the mall,
or buying groceries. You could be
the next recipient of a UNCF
scholarship because you took the
time to help us out.
Jamila Boozer, a junior broadcast
production major from
Newark, N J. is running for
Miss UNCF.
Please save your coins and send all
donations to
Box 703 or Cone 54.
275-4846
FOR SALE
Do you need a set of general
biology books? Get the entire set
(lab manuel, text and study guide
for $65, or you can by the books
separately
Contact Tameka Hoy te@ Cone 44
LOST
14k gold diamond tennis bracelet
watch. If found please return to
Jamila Boozer
275-4846, Cone 54.
WANTED
A refrigerator.
Willing to pay no more that $20.
Contact Candace Evans
PO Box 534 or Cone Hall 44.
A book
Wanted: Personal Health
Perspectives and Lifestyles
2“* Ed. Englewood, CO. Morton
Pub. Co. 1998.
Contact Tracy Pickett