SEPTEMBER 6, 2006
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Sports
The Labor Day Classic:
a new tradition as the
Eagles clobber the
Bears
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Campus
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Unannounced e-mail
They’re here and
Campus Echo For
changes leave students
they’ve got a flair for
Dummies: Our first ever
a bit confused
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companies
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Campus Echo
Paper
costs
money
By Brandi Miss and
Denita Smith
ECHO STAFF WRITERS
Free printing
may soon end
Gone are the days when
students could stroll into a
N.C. Central University com
puter lab and print, print
and reprint their work.
In an effort to decrease
the amount of unnecessary
student printing, as well as
eliminate non-student usage,
controlled printing was start
ed Aug. 28 in fbur computer
labs through the use of
Pharo’s Secure Print
Release software.
The software was intro
duced in the Shepard
Library, the Miller-Morgan
Health Science Building, the
School of Education
Building, and the labs in the
Fine Arts Building. There
are plans to use it in six
additional labs.
“There is a lot of wasteful
printing on campus, and we
are hoping that this program
will cause students to think
twice about the things that
they print,” said Greg
Marrow, chief information
officer for information tech
nology services.
Students must now scan
their Eagle cards to print.
Each student will be allotted
500 sheets of paper per
semester.
Once those have been
used, Marrow said an addi
tional 500 sheets of paper
will be available for students
at no cost.
When a document is sent
to the printer, it is held in a
queue until the sender walks
up to the machine and scans
their Eagle card. They are
then given the option of
deleting or printing the doc
ument.
It will print immediately .
“This semester, we are
merely gathering statistics,”
Marrow said.
Next semester, ITS will
talk with the Student
Government Association to
discuss fees for additional
printing in the 2007-08 aca
demic year.
According to the ITS
office, it takes 60,000 sheets
of paper to meet James E.
Shepard Library printing
needs.
“In terms of printing costs
■ See PRINTING Page 2
EAGLES 211
Shaw wide receiver Anthony Frost gains iittie as iinebacker Naim Abdul-Maiik and defensive back Serge Zeze jump him.
Roderick Heath/EcIio Photo Editor
EAGLES VS. BEARS
D
ays of the Aggie-Eagle Classic slowy faded from the minds of fans who gathered at O’Kelly-
Riddick Stadium for a day of tailgating, networking and football. But for Shaw University’s new
head coach it was a chance to try to show an old boss some learned skills.
SEE FULL STORY ON PAGE 12
WTC grief endures for alumna
By Rony Camille
ECHO EDITOR-IN^HIEF
When Jaylan Glenn celebrated
his 7th birthday five years ago, his
parents, Sharon and Harry Glenn,
took him to Bridgewater Sports
Arena in Bridgewater, N.J.
They had a laser tag celebration
two days before his actual birth
day on Sept 10.
And it turned out to be the last
birthday Jaylan would celebrate
with both his parents.
A day after his birthday, Harry
Glenn was among the 2,749 people
who died on September 11, 2001
during the terrorist attacks on the
World Trade Center in New York.
Glenn, a 1983 graduate of N.C.
Central University, was on the 97th
floor of Tower One, ready to start
his workday at Marsh &
McLennan, a global professional
services firm, where he was assis
tant vice president of global tech
nology.
American Airlines Flight 11, a
Boeing 767 originally bound for
Los Angeles from Boston,
slammed into the north side of the
tower at 8:46 a.m., between the
94th and 98th floors, reducing the
building to rubble.
While the rest of America
watched the horrific pictures of
the collapsing buildings on televi
sion, Sharon Cobb-Glenn strug
gled to come to terms with what
she was witnessing.
She knew immediately her hus
band was in the tower.
“Harry took being on time very
seriously,” she said. “He never
■ See HARRY GLENN Page 2
Former Registrar Vernelle Massey-Webb, a
former classmate of Harry Glenn, pays her
respects during a 2001 memorial
Echo file photo
Hip-hop in a class of its own
By Tameka N. Stephenson
ECHO STAFF WRITER
“A hip-hop class at N.C.
Central University? Where
can I sign up?”
These were questions
asked when students
learned that the University
was offering itsfirst ever
hip-hop course, Hip-Hop in
Context. Although the class
wasn’t listed in the course
‘ catalog, over 60 students
found a way to*enroll.
I’ve been waiting on
something like this for a
long time,” said history
senior Jamar “J-Fatz”
Harris. “Fve been looking
forward to HBCUs focusing
their curriculum towards
the urban community.”
The course examines
the “cultural phenomenon
through its development,
history, communication
style, dance form, music,
and artistic process,”
according to the syllabus. It
will also help students gain
an understanding of the
origins, growth and devel
opment of hip-hop, includ
ing its place in 20th century
music and influence on
popular culture.
“Everybody needs to
know that hip-hop didn’t
start in 1997. This is some
thing that has been going
on for decades with artist
that BET and MTV don’t
talk about,” said Pat ‘9th
Wonder’ Douthit, one-third
of the rap group Little
Brother. 9th is serving as
one of the Artists of
See HIP-HOP Page 4
“Gth Wonder" (left) and “Play" (right) teach
hip-hop’s role In American culture.
Bryson PoPE/Echo Stajf Photographer
Extra
hours
cost
By Sasha Vann
ECHO ASSISTANT EDITOR
After 140 hours, you’re
gonna pay more for your
college degree
If you think that there is no
penalty for being a super senior,
think again.
Little is known about the 25
percent tuition surcharge on
students taking more that 140
degree-credit hours to complete
their first undergraduate
degree. This also complies with
those who take more that 110
percent of the credit hours nec
essary to complete a five year
program.
“I didn’t know about it [sur
charge], but I understand,” said
mass communications senior
Tamaque Oatman. “After a cer
tain amount of time, students
need to graduate and they
should be charged for extra
time spent here.”
This may be recent news for
students, but it shouldn’t be.
Senate Bill 27 — Section 89b,
passed by the N.C. General
Assembly said that all institu
tions of higher learning North
Carolina are to implement the
policy.
This is to push students to
■ See SURCHARGE Page 2
Dems
may take
House
GOP fearing the worse as
Democrats show new life
By Janet Hook
lOS ANGELES TIMES
WASHINGTON - Raye Hang, a
retired librarian in northern
Virginia, for years happily
voted to re-elect her longtime
congressman. Republican
Frank Wolf. But the GOP
record of the last six years —
on foreign policy, the economy
and the environment — has so
soured her that she wants to
vote for a Democrat in this
year’s midterm election.
Any Democrat.
“I don’t think I’ve ever
before been willing to vote for
someone just because of their
party affiliation,” said Hang,
who walked precincts one
sweltering Saturday for Judy
Feder, Wolf’s Democratic
opponent, even though she
knew little about her.
As Labor Day signals the
start of intense campaigning
for the Nov. 7 election, the
political landscape is crowded
with disgruntled voters like
Hang, who tell pollsters they
don’t like the direction the
country has gone under
President Bush and
Republican rule in Congress.
Most voters are just now
beginning to pay attention to
the campaign, but candidates
■ See GOP Page 7