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Campus Echo Wednesday, February U; 2007 North C a r o l i n a C e n t r a l University Mess in the nest wearing on students, staff By Jessica Parker ECHO STAFF Writer There is a problem in the halls of Eagle Landing — there is trash everywhere^ . Even though there are trash rooms on each floor and dumpsters outside, res idents continue to throw their trash-on the floors. - This problem is not only .going on in the residence halls, but also in the class room buildings. Candy wrappers,- drink bottles and even -chicken bones litter the steps and the floors. There is a no-littering policy in the residence halls. The no-littering policy for the resident halls states that a particular floor, or the entire building, is sup posed to be fined when large- amounts of trash are found outside of the proper areas. However, this policy is not being enforced. “I think that it is degrad ing to our university... there are trash bins all over cam pus, so you can just throw it in the trash and stop pollut ing our environment,” said mass communication senior Ebony McQueen. Some students believe that throwing trash on-_the floors gives people a poor impression of NCCU’s stu dents. “When someone visits NCCU and sees trash all oyer the place,. the first thing they will think is that the people are nothing but trash,” said biology junior Adam Spencer. Students are riot the only ones affected by the litter ing. Members of the school’s housekeeping staff also have to deal with this prob lem: Housekeeping super visor Tyrone Wilson says' students have a misconcep tion about what housekeep ers are here for. “BasiCall'y, it shows that they, have a lack, of home training,” said: Wilson. “They have a misconception that housekeepers are the same thing as butlers or maids —^ We’re not.” Wilson said that students need to take responsibility for their environment. “Mom and dad aren’t here to pick up behind them.”', Wilson believes that this problem can be dealt with- by telling students when they first enter the universi ty .that they should treat the dorms and other buildings with respect. “This will be their home for the next four years,” Wilson said. for Blue Cross and Blue Shield, said in order to elim inate disparities, it is neces sary to understand where the disparities are, then involve the people in under served communities in dis cussions on how to address the conditions of healthcare. The keynote speaker for the cluster was Dr. Donald W. Bradley, executive med- ica.l director of Blue Cross' and Blue Shield North Carolina. “Health dfsparities have been there for a long time...we' need to under stand it’s a real problem,” said Bradley. CLUSTER Continued FROM page i Bradley said that being able to- collect data that focuses on disparity issues, relating that data to specif ic conditions and involving the entire healthcare sys tem, will allow healthcare providers to intervene. Tracey Burns-Varin, director of corporate and fouridation relations, works ' as liaison betweeri corpora tions and foundations that invest in the university. - “There’s much research regarding health dispari-. ties taking place on caim- pus,” said Vann. The Nursing Depart ment, along with the HBCU Alliance, is researching cardiovascular risk. She said the cluster makes it possible to intro duce students to the indus try frir internships and other opportunities. The NCCU Office of Institutional Advancement plans to. work- alongside Career Services in the near future to.develop a cluster conference to reach more students, strengthen the bonds made , through the business and industry, clus ter, and encourage other compantes to become involved- SGA “I had a campaign team of over 100 students and I feel like I let people down.” According to SGA Elections Chair Samantha Carter, the candidates have been removed from the official ballot. “I really think the screening process should have been done well in advance,”- said Hall. Carter said she also had been under the impression that the candidates only needed 90 credit hours, but was later told differently. “Before I called the can didates, I checked to see if they had 90,” said Carter. “None of them had 90 or 96.” The new rules require all candidates for execu tive offices to have at least 96 credit hours in order to run. According to the SGA Constitution, all candi- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 dates running for Mr. and Miss NCCU must be classi fied as seniors, as deter mined by the Office of the University Registrar, by June 1. “After last year I began to see hOw polities really works around here,” said Hall. “It’s all about who kisses whose ass.” This year’s election problems come just a year after constitutional issues led to a two-week delay in the announcement of SGA presidential results. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Roland Gaines said the elections held Friday, March 31, 2006, were unconstitution al because the SGA fol lowed the 2005 SGA Constitution, which had not yet been signed by the chancellor. Under the 2003 constitu tion, the one under which the SGA should have been operating, elections should have been held on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. The SGA eventually released the results, with the former president, , Renee Clark, saying that a pending grievance had prevented the Association from releasing them and that the grievance had been solved, Mukhtar Raqib, the cur rent SGA president, was declared the winner, beat ing A.J. Donaldson, Brandon Sanders and Sean Kornegay. This year’s SGA execu tive board candidates are Tomasi Larry for presi dent, Isaac Bellamy for vice president, Corey Dinkins for Mr. NCCU, and Kate Sturdivant and Latoya Tate for Miss NCCU. —iliPifiiiW EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR RESUME. MONEY FOR COLLEGE. m K- strengthening personal skills is not the only henefit ot joining the Army. You can get cash bonuses and money for college. If you qualify, you can receive a $40,000 Enlistment Bonus, $05,000 College loan Repayment or more than $71,000 from the Army College Fund. Find out i more at GOARMY.COM or catn-OOO-USA-ARMY. Ask us how you can become an officer in the U.S. Army U.$. Army Recruiting Station 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday-Friday Sgt. tstClas$Toomer,490'667t .w ♦ Young and old march in Raleigh to present list of demands to N.C. Legislature. Dana'WoMACK/Ecko'Staff Photographer ' Historic K on J Students, citizens march in Raleigh By Aliece McNair ECHO STAFF WRITER Many N.C. Central University students marched in Raleigh on Saturday for the Historic K (Thousands) on Jones Street, led by the N.C. NAACB “I want y’all to get a first - hand experience,” said an NAACP traffic usher. NCCU students and N.C. and Virginia citizens came out in support. Students rode on campus buses and drove personal vehicles to the march. NCCU students earned 15 community service hours for their participation in the event. Over a thousand students from more than 60 organiza tions marched to the down town Raleigh legislative building to demand a 14- point change, including abolishing a “racially biased” death penalty and doing away with lethal injections. “We’re trying not to give them a lethal injection, but a life injection,” said Reverend Dr. William J. Barber, president of the N. C. NAACB Tomasi Larry, political sci ence junior and NCCU’s SGA , vice president, said that point six — lifting every HBCU — is most important to him. “I think that historically . black colleges and universi ties directly (target) the lack of education, knowledge and stability of minorities,” Larry said. A.J. Donaldson, political science senior, told the crowd, “Jim Crow had a son by the name of James Crow." Donaldson said activists of the 1960s civil rights move ment were as young as today’s college students. “Hopefully it will bring us all together, not just the black community, but the tri angle,” Daniele Hood, crimi nal justice junior, said. Hood said Tameka Thomas, president of NCCU’s NAACR urged her and other members to attend the movement. Jarvis Hall, the HK on J coordinator for NCCU stu dents, challenged legislators to survive on a minimum wage income, following Rev. Barber in saying, “We need a livable wage.” “I’m fired up! I can't take it no more!” the audience said, following Judge Milton Toby-Fitch’s lead. Fitch said he was happy to see those who served in legislature with him in attendance. People sat in the Progress Energy Center for more than 2 hours before heading out to march downtown. “H-K on J!” supporters chanted. After going over the 14- point agenda, the crowd was “fired up” to march down town. 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