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Page 2 February 17 The Yard We offer a voice for all at NCCU This issue of the Echo brings many changes. With ihc help ol Dr. G ladstone Y carwcxrd, wc are making ihc the design of the papior miirc nuxiern, to reflect what surveys show readers like. More blank areas arc being built into the page, and headlines are tighter, shorter, and with a dif ferent typeface than before. More graphics are used, includ ing pictures, artwork, and simple lines and boxes. Stories will be shorter and more numerous. To encourage student writ ing in the “new” Echo, the edi tors are taking this opportunity to familiarize our readers with the newspaper’s policy on pub- lishingopinion pieces. Ourstate- ment is important after some re cent questions were expressed regarding articles submitted for publication. We should have been publishing a policy state ment on a regular basis and apologize for not doing so. It now appears on the bottom of the editorial page. Following are some guide lines on Echo policies; •Editorial length is necessary because of the limited amount of space available. For an effective piece, state what you are arguing for or against and what your point is at the beginning. Keep your writing limited to one spe cific argument. Conclude with your solution specifically stated. •Opinion pieces should fol low a similar pattern: one point, stated clearly at the beginning, and a clear conclusion at the end. •Headlines arc written by the staff to reflect the main point of the article. Essay-style head lines normally hint at the poTnt, or suggest something about the purpo.se of the piece, but news paper .style immediately states the main point of the article. •All articles submitted be come the property of the paper. Editors have the final say on headlines and articles selected for publ ication, based on timel i- ness, newsworthiness, local impact, importance, and oddity. •Headlines have a standard type style as well. That style dictates that only first letters and proper nouns are capital ized. The typeface may change in future issues. Now, it is Helvetica bold. The co-editors are respon sible for final content, and we are not perfect. Sometimes we make mistakes, but we strive for objectivity and correemess in reporting and editing, work ing hard to keep personal bias out of the paper. Article III of our constitution clearly states: “The Campus Echo shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of any political organization. It shall be the voice of the student body of North Carolina Central Uni versity.” The Campus Echo is the bi-monthly student newspaper of North Carolina Central University. The paper can be found at several sites on NCCU's campus, including the Alfonso Elder Student Union and Shepard Library. Co-Editors - Geraldine Ndiforchu and Terri Boykin Business Manager -Patrick Johnson Entertainment Editor - Robert Thornton Sports Editor - Carey Johnson Layout and design - Geraldine Ndiforchu Staff Reporters - Shelvia Dancy, Danny Hooley, Terri Wilson, Malcolm Crawford, Christopher Richburg The Echo is published bi-monthly. The next issue is out on March 3. The deadline for advertisements, calender of events, letters to the editor, etc. is F'eb. 23 for the March 3 issue. Mail all material to: The Campus Echo c/o NCCU English Dept. 1801 Fayetteville Street Durham, NC 27707 Phone: (919) 560-6504; Fax (919)-560-3348. The Echo office is located in Room 319 of the Farrison- Newton Communications Building, NCCU. Student, faculty and staff arc encouraged to submit articles, editorials and pen and ink artwork. Student participation is vital to the quality of the Echo; please volunteer. Policy on letters The Campus Echo welcomes letters from readers. Letters should be no more than .300 words in length. Our editors reserve the right to edit all letters and articles submitted for correctness and length. f r-JPi'J S;r. X hur M/ HoMPy rd£ M'ers! j rH£ CH/tgjSE'R.S SRt Good, 'BoT rHE^y vj£fc£. 'irr POETRY Mother To Mother Mother to mother, I can imagine your pains, to have to pqrt with your son is such a shame. Mother to mother, you spent so many years, only to be left now with so many tears. Mother to mother, you're not to blame, for it is the system in need of change. Mother to mother, dry your weeping eyes, and pray 'O' Lord, please hear my cry.' Mother to mother, there is not much time, for we must educate our young to stop the dying ... Alton Wall LETTERS Using pagers can be disruptive Dear editor, I really appreciated the article in the Feb. 3 issue on pagers. I see so many irresponsible people carry pagers these days it is just a crime. If people would just take a few of. the suggestions listed I would feel much better. I am not a student at NCCU, but I do read your newspaper on a regular basis. I see more and more people using pagers both for busi ness and personal use that do not heed these sample rules. Nothing annoys me more than to have a pager go off in the middle of a meeting. This not only dis rupts the meeting with the noise, but also with the paged person getting up to return acall. I can see how this would also disrupt a class, or a study area like the library. I am glad to see you bring this up at the college level, before the students enter the work force. Hopefully this will teach some stu dents to have pager etiquette that will be carried on for A long time. The next problem I see coming is the cellular phone. These little things make the pager more of a crime. When a pager goes off in the wrong place and the pagee picks up a cellular phone to return the call, that can be the worst crime of all. Kenneth Swakopf, Youngsville Put Alexander-Dunn on circulation list Dear Editor, Congratulations on making the Campus Echo more informative and helpful to your readership. You and the staff have worked hard to provide an organ that I now look forward to reading. Hopefully, the circulation man ager will add the Alexander-Dunn Building on the list of circulation sites. Sarah Bell-Lucas, Coordinator, Undergraduate Student Advising It's time Black men move to organize Dear Editor, I am writing to the man for merly known as EarthQuake: Firstly, let me say thank you for not changing your name to an unpronounceable hieroglyphic. Two men in the world with sym bols would be too much. Secondly, I don’t know what internal revolution you went through but I must say that you make sound and prolific points in yourpiece“95 ain’t for no frontin.” It makes me feel that there is hope for the black MAN in Amerikkka. It is time that we stop the bovine excrement and move towards more productive means. True there is no place in the hip hop culture nor in any culture for the gun, aka the nine, the gat, the glock or what ever it’s called. Gangsta rap started with good intentions. Being a lyrical revolu tion of the 90’s, hip hop has been bastardized into a money making sham for producers and studio gangsters. There is no place for it. And never let it go without saying, we as black MEN who want to be treated as MEN in this "Othello- like" society cannot and will not move forward until we stop dissing our black WOMEN and allowing them to be dissed by misled broth ers. Once we as a segment of soci ety come to realization of this, then we will be in a better position to demand and command our piece of the proverbial pie. My question to you ROB is how do we initiate the solution? We see the problem and we see the solutions. What will it take to execute the solution? Will it take the sacrifice of O.J. Simpson to make the black MAN realize that there is a price on his head and that it’s much much less than six million dollars. Will it take another beatdown of a black Man by the police in any of these “United” States? Or will it take the extinction of the black MAN to finally drive the point that there is some plan to remove the black MAN—By Any Means Nec essary? I would very much like to see just the black MEN on our campus and others that surround our com munity develop and implement a plan to counter attack this all out assault on my black brothers, be they Kappas, Alphas, Omegas, Sig mas, Masons, Elks, Christians, Muslims, Baptist, Eagles or Aggies. We are all brothers in living colorand if my brother is in trouble, then, so am 1. If you need help in putting a function like this in motion, don’t hesitate time in asking me. I’m at your back just as I am with any black MAN doing something to advance himself and his people. Humbly and with mad respect, Russell Robinson The Campus Echo welcomes letters to the editor. Send all corre spondence to; The Editors, Cam pus Echo, North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville St., Durham, NC 27707
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