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Thursday, April 6, 2006
Anger simmers over Duke assault
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treated any differently: They
shoidd be held to the same
standard.”
Estella Bell, owner of
Visions Alterations and
Custom Settings:
“They're handling it. Duke
is doir^ what they need to do.
It’s not Uke in the old days
when they used to sweep it
under the carpet. They are
holdii^ them accountable.”
Tlie Rev Melvin Whitley:
“I want to thank Duke pres
ident for suspending the
lacrosse season. That was the
right decision. However, that
is not enou^. We have a dou
ble standard acting itself out
in front of our very eyes. If
black students had raped
white women, someone
would already be in jail and
those present would have
charges against them. The
students who were present
and did not stop the rape are
as guilty as the men who
raped the women. Why are
these men stUl in school? We
have people waitir^ in jail for
DNA results for years, but
the District Attorney is
telling the public ffiat the
DNA results for these stu
dents will be knovm. within a
week. How is it that their
results can be expedited?
“Also, why are these youi^
men allowed to continue with
their classes instead of sus
pensions? Why is the DA
dragging his feet and con
tributing to this double stan
dard? Are we to believe that
46 men can stand aroimd
while someone is being raped,
and he can’t find anyone to
put in jail?”
AJ Donaldson, president of
the political science club at
N.C. Central:
“I wish her a recovery not
only physically but emotion
ally and mentally No matter
where she worked, she didn’t
deserve the extremities of
siidi atrocious behaviors. Tm
afraid justice will not be
served- Just imagine 36 black
males fiom my football team
here and a young white
women fixm Duke and alle
gations came out that they
raped her or did something to
her. Just imagine the
response the media, the
repercussions, somebody is
going down.”
Minnie Brown, community
activrit
“It is truly a mess. I think
by this time they should have
done something. I think if it
was a white student, they
would have done something
by now; but we are just going
to wait and see. Why haven’t
they lined these guys up to let
her see these guys? Why is it
taking them so long to do
that? If it was reversed,
something would have taken
place by now as far as prose
cuting somebody because the
evidence is right there, but
nobodyis speaking up Again,
I see race myself”
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Charlotte CIAA a slam-dunk fr
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ment and ni^thfe.
The top five attributes,
with 5 the highest score,
were;
• Bobcats Arena 4.60
• Convention Center 4.55
• Hospitality 4.44 •
• Visitor information 4.44
• Hotels 4-39
The average response of
tournament visitors to
Charlotte overall was 4.43
on the scale of 5.
Not surprisingly, traffic
(3.71) and parking (3.34)
scored at the bottom with
fans, who complained about
both throughout tournament
week. Before the tourna
ment ended, Charlotte orga
nizers said they would plan
UNCC faculty award
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Hotel uptown. The award,
established in 1987, is UNC
Charlotte’s hipest honor for
faculty scholarship and intel
lectual inquiry
A UNCC professor since
1993, Ojaide is known on
campus for his professional
dedication and imagination.
“Dr. Ojaide is one of the
most scholarly and prolific
faculty at UNC Charlotte,”
says Mario Azevedo, chair of
the Afiicana studies depart
ment. “Our department is
proud to have in our midst a
talented fiction writer and
dedicated professor, whose
work has been recognized
and awarded both nationally
and internationally”
During his tenure, Ojaide
has taught Afiican literature,
music and art. Literary
Analysis of black protest of
the 1960s as well as folklore
and oral traditions of Afiica
and the Afiican Diaspora. His
research has focused on the
plight of women in Afiican
patriarchy and the history of
oppression in Afiica.
In addition to teaching and
research, Ojaide has earned
prizes, grants and fellowships
finm institutions in Afiica,
Europe and North America
that include the AU-Afiica
Okigbo Prize for Poetry and
the overall British
Broadcasting Corporation
Arts and Afiica Poetry He
has pubhshed 16 books of
poetry and eight books of fic
tion, non-fiction, language
and hterary criticism.
KEZIAH’s FURNITURE
SPRING SALE
to improve both transporta
tion and parking issues by
next year’s tournament.
A release issued by the
CIAA Commissioner’s office
today also reiterates the suc
cess of the tournament finm
a numbers viewpoint: the
initial estimate of economic
impact before the tourna
ment was just over $12 nul-
hon...the economic impact
for the 2006 CIAA
Basketball Tbumament
resulted in $15,4 million.
The CIAA men’s and
women’s tournament, played
Feb, 27 - March 4, was the
first ever held here.
“This inaugural CIAA tour
nament in Charlotte has
proved to be a home
run...next year, we need to
have a grand slam.” said
Lenny Springs, Wachovia
executive and chairman of
the 2006 CIAA Local
Organizing Committee,
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