APRIL 26, 2006
1801 Fayetteville Street
Durham, NC 27707
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Beyond NCCU .. 8
Feature 11
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Classifieds 12
Sports 15
Opinions 17-18
North Carolina Central University
VOLUME 97, ISSUE 12
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Sports
It was a year of
champions. A hat trick
and then some. Read
ail about it.
Page 15
Campus
Man on a mission. Chris
Barnett helps recover
ing addicts on
Fayetteviiie Street.
Page 2
Opinions
We’re at it again. Three
tear jerking bye-byes
from Echo staff.
Pages 17-18
Soeciai
Something you shouid
realty read:
Six students reveai
their souis.
Special Insert
Campus Echo
Biz
school
on
track
Accreditation
by May likely
By Jean Rogers
ECHO STAFF WRITER
After projecting that 12-18
months would needed to
regain accreditation with
the Association of Collegiate
Business Schools and
Programs, N.C. Central
University’s School of
Business could possibly
regain accreditation as early
as the first week of May.
According to Provost
Beverly Jones, the school’s
staff worked tirelessly to
provide the required data to
the ACBSP
“I want to take my hats off
to Df. Sahoo, [interim school
of business dean] faculty,
and students because they
have really achieved a lot in
a short time,"’ said Jones.
The school lost its accred
itation from the ACBSP Dec.
15 when former dean
Benjamin Newhouse failed
■ See BUSINESS Page 2
800
Eagles
to fly
May 6
By Shinese Anderson
ECHO STAFF WRITER
Approximately 800 stu
dents are expected to gradu
ate from N.C. Central
University at 8 a.m. Sat., May
6 at O’Kelly-Riddick
Stadium.
According to Carlton,
Wilson, chair and associate
professor of the department
of history, the number of
graduating students always
fluctuates.
“This is ... one of our larg
er classes,” Wilson said. “We
are now getting into a time
where we have a larger
amount of graduating stu
dents. We don’t expect for the
■ See GRADUATION Page 2
GRADY TATE I JAZZ FESTIWIL
Grammy award winning Jazz trumpeter Tereii Stafford peforms a solo at the
Grady Tate Jazz Festival in the B.N. Duke Auditorium April. 21
Khari Jackson/EcJio Staff Photographer
HONORING TATE
A n evening of true music, American born and bread, better known as jazz
was given its time in the spotlight at N.C. Central University, April 21-22.
Trumpeter Terell Stafford and vocalist Kevin Mahogany were the distinguished
guests performing with NCCU’s jazz department at the 16th Annual Grady Tate Jazz
Festival hosted by NCCU Jazz Studies Program in the B.N. Duke Auditorium.
SEE STORY ON PAGE 12
SGA heady herey
headydssFsdsdyy
By Lariska Stone
for
now
ECHO STAFF WRITER
The results are in.
Students who voted
SGA leaders last month,
know who won.
The results were
announced April 17.
“More students showed up
than I’ve ever seen at an elec
tion,” said Mukhtar Raqib,
whose term begins July 1.
“I’m just ready to move for
ward,” said Raqib.
However many students
Mukhtar
Raqib
SGA president
elect
Tomasi
Larry
vice president
elect
See SGA Page 2
Pantiel to head UNG
student association
By Rony Camille
ECHO STAFF WRITER
Derek T. Pantiel, a N.C.
Central University biology
junior from Durham, is the
newly elected president of
the University of North
Carolina Association of
Student Government for the
2006-07 academic year.
Pantiel, who made an
unsuccessful bid for student
body vice president at
NCCU, was one of four con
testants for the UNCASG
leadership
position last
weekend at
the associa
tion’s meet
ing at East
Carolina
University in
Greenville.
As presi
dent, Pantiel
will play a
large role
allocating a $180,000 annual
budget and sit on the UNC
Board of Governors.
Pantiel UNC
ASG president -
elect
City
awaits
lab
results
Nlfong suggests that blood tests may
show date rape drug. Other dancer
speaks. Two lacrosse players charged.
By Drneesha Edwards
ECHO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Newsweek reported in an April 10 story on
their website that District Attorney Mike
Nifong hinted to the magazine that a blood
and urine test of the N.C. Central University
student who was allegedly raped by three
members of the Duke Lacrosse team, would
reveal the presence of a date-rape drug.
Sophomores Reade Seligmann, 20, of Essex
Fells, N.J. and Collin Finnerty, 19, of Garden
City, N.Y. turned themselves in to Durham
police on the morning of April 18.
Seligmann and Finnerty will will appear in
court on charges of first-degree rape, sexual
offense and kidnapping. May 15.
In North Carolina, each offense carries a
sentence of 12-30 years for offenders with no
previous criminal record.
See RAPE ALLEGATIONS Page 3
Duke lacrosse player Collin Finnerty at his
preliminary hearing at the Durham County
Judicial Building Tuesday morning, April 18.
. Jeff SiNEE'RjCharlotte Observer/KRT
E-mail
records rape
responses
By Whitney Bull
ECHO STAFF WRITER
One measure of how high feelings are
running about the Duke lacrosse rape alle
gations is the number and content of e-
mails about the case sent to the Campus
Echo.
Some of these e-mails support the alle
gations, others don’t. Some e-mailers pro
vide accounts of their experiences as rape
victims. Some accuse the Echo of taking
sides. Others are critical of the black com
munity as a whole. One sends research
findings on the symptoms of date rape
drugs.
All have taken a stand on the question of
whether the alleged rape occurred at all.
And one even purports to be from one of
■ See E-MAIL Page 3