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Campus Campus Echo Wednesday, September 20,2006 North Carolina Central University * ««. 4 « X' Parking lot in between old Baynes Residence Hall and McLean Residence Hall. The lot is one of 22 reserved lots on campus. Roderick Heatu/EcHo Photo Editor 5-0 nix after 7 p.m. parking Evening parking in reserved lots is a thing of the past By Ebony McQueen ECHO STAFF WRITER Students thinking they can park in reserved cam pus lots after 7 p.m. with out getting a ticket better think again. According to N.C. Central University police Captain Victor Ingram the department is now enforc ing a 24/7 policy in reserved lots. “At one point, we allowed students to park in reserved lots overnight, but they had to move their car by 7 a.m.,” said Ingram. Ingram said one of the reasons for the stricter enforcement is because students often failed to move their cars in the morning leaving faculty and administrators with out parking. Ingram said the best solution for students is simply to keep their cars in their designated lots while on campus. “We need to try and uti lize the space we do have efficiently,” said Ingram. But some students are seeing things differently. “I feel that students should be able to park free after 7 p.m. because there is not enough parking on campus,” said psychology senior Tereka Taylor. According to Ingram security officers are now in charge of traffic enforcement, not campus police. Ingram explained that this move was done to relieve police officers from writing parking tick ets. This change allows police officers to patrol the campus instead of writ ing tickets. “It would be nice if we had a traffic unit, but that would require more per sonnel,” said Ingram. Some students are sur prised to firid'out that rev enue from parking tickets revenues does not end up with NCCU. In a 2005 court case the N.C. Supreme Court decid ed in favor of the North Carolina School Boards Association to grant all parking fine revenues to local school districts. “I understand the pub lic schools need the money, but we need park ing lots fixed, and a park ing deck,” said senior busi ness management major Stakesha St. Clair. According to the matter is not settled and NCCU may ultimately get to keep a portion of the parking revenue. ^ “It would be nice of them,” said Ingram. “We could sure use it for cam pus.” Ingram said in the event of an emergency excep tions can be made. “Call us,” he said. “Depending on the urgency of the situation, we can make exceptions.” United Christian Campus Ministry 525 Nelson Street, NCCU Campus Christian Student Fellowship Meeting Thursday, Sept. 21 at 5 p.m. 525 Nelson Street (adjacent to the BBRI bldg.) Get involved in; • Mission Opportunities • Upcoming Retreats • Worship • Bible Study • Liturgical Dance Michael D. 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Ammons announced the launch of a new Hip Hop Initiative which offers a scholarly approach to the music form that University officials believe could pro vide. new opportunities to at-risk males. The initiative plans to branch off into four differ ent components — a class called “Hip Hop in Context” accompanied with a lecture series, a Hip Hop Summit scheduled for Feb. 9-10, 2007, a record label, and continuing education courses. “We plan to offer alterna tives to hip hop letting stu dents know that it is not all about sex, drugs, and gangs,” said Ammons. Kawachi Clemons, coor dinator of NCCU’s music industry program, plans to develop programs that will provide primary and sec ondary teachers, with ways to use the genre in their classrooms. The plan is to address the University’s mission through the Hip Hop Summit according to Clemons. “We favor a student cen ter approach in planning the Hip Hop Summit,” he said. Business, marketing and art students will be involved by helping plan, budget and market the sum mit. Eagle Records is another component in the Hip Hop Initiative, a student record label which plans to expose students to marketing and sales. “Eagle Records also plans to produce music videos, musical production, and educational programs online and face-to-face,” said Clemons. Race, gender, youth, and class are few issues the Hip Hop-in Context class takes on. The class, which was introduced this semester, surveys the history of hip hop from its beginnings in 1967 through 1997, the year that Biggie died. It also explores social consciousness and the com mercialism of hip hop. RANKING Continued from page i Mitchell Webson, a mass communication junior said, “I think it's a good thing that Central made the list; it's a slow process, but a process that is happening.” Lolethia Underdue, General Manager for Audio Net, said, “Central has done an outstanding job to be in the top 50.1 expect it will be even higher next year.” Chancellor James H. Ammons said that being on the list confirms that NCCU is doing things right. A comprehensive pro gram has been put in place to increase academic, gradu ation, and social scores, with an emphasis on closing the gap for students with the highest financial need. “Many are leaving because they run out of money,” said Ammons. In addition to finding more financial resources, NCCU has created a living and learning environment that brings students together to study in their dorms. In an effort to improve the intellectual climate, public figures such as Cornell West, Michael Eric Dyson, ... and Dennis Kimbrel have all been invit ed and visited the campus. Furthermore, academic advising has been intensi fied, and students are attending overseas programs in Lybia, Kenya, and South Africa. Soon they will be able to study in Ghana. “We are going to keep working away until we get to the top of the list,” Ammons said. “It is significant. Being an HBCU, you want to be on the list.” He said that he was surprised at some of the out standing colleges that didn’t make the list. RATING OF TOP COLLEGES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS Ranked below are only the public HBCUs, not predominantly white pri vate institutions, such as Duke, or predominantly African African American private institutions, such as Hampton. Rank School Social score Academic score Grad, rate FAMU 44.2 43.8 46% Ml Howard 43.3 42.6 62% Mil NCA&T 42.0 41.6 43% 17 Tenn. 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