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The VoiceFayetteville State University Student Press

For Students, By Students February 9, 2011 • Vol. 2, Issue no. 7www.fsuvoice.com

Cross Creek program

helps out page 9

INDEXNews page 2-6Features page 8Opinion page 7Sports page 11

Is love lost on FSU campus?

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Voice photo by Jarred HarrisJudith Jamison (left), Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Company, signs Barbie Alvin Ailey Dolls for children Thursday at Seabrook Auditorium. Ms. Jamison was the second speaker this semester in the Chancellor’s Distinguished Speakers Series.

Judith Jamison honors FSU

By L’Asia BrownVoice Contributing writer

Thomas Ross, the new president of the University Of North Carolina Board Of Governors, met with students, then faculty and staff in two separate meetings last Fri-day. Mr. Ross formally introduced himself, spoke briefly about the UNC system’s bud-get situation, and answered questions from students and university employees.

President Ross replaces Erskine Bowles as president of the board. A native of Greensboro, Mr. Ross holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Davidson College and a law degree from UNC Cha-pel Hill. He worked briefly as an assistant professor at UNC Chapel Hill’s School of Government and as a practicing attorney for Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James & Harkavy Law firm.

He served as Chief of Staff for U.S. Congressman Robin Britt’s office for a year and was appointed to the North Caro-lina Superior Court as a judge by former Governor Jim Hunt in 1983. At age 33 Mr. Ross was the youngest to ever serve on the NC Superior Court.

After 17 years, he was appointed ex-ecutive director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, a charitable organization. He returned to Davidson College to serve as President in 2007 until he was elected president of the UNC Board of Governors about six weeks ago.

Jermaine Pittman, FSU Student Gov-ernment Association president, hosted the meeting in which Mr. Ross clarified issues concerning FSU, leadership, administra-tion, and gave students a clearer view on

New UNC President meets with FSU students

Legendary Dance icon shares five decades of achievements

See ROSS , page 3See JAMISON , page 3

By Charnell HarrisFeatures Editor

She sat very upright in a director’s chair in front of the stage at Seabrook Auditorium. As I approached, sounds of a hearty laugh floated carelessly through the vast expanse of the

room. Looking very attentive, she encouraged the dozen or so dancers who sat in the front row to ask questions. She reminisced and gave thoughtful advice to all who asked. They sat in awe and paid careful attention to every word. Who wouldn’t want tips on dancing and performing from a legend, Judith Jamison,

Artistic Director of the world famous Alvin Ailey American Dance Company.

Judith Jamison visited Fayetteville State University last Thursday, as part of the Chancellor Speaker Series. The evening began with a performance by FSU’s own Dance Ensemble.

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Feb. 26 Midterm examsMarch 4 Midterm exams endMarch 5 Midterm break begins (No classes-university open)March 7 Interim grading period endsMarch 11 Midterm break endsMarch 25 Deadline for removing incomplete gradesMarch 25 Deadline for withdrawing from classesApril 22 Spring Holiday (University closed)April 22 Deadline for withdrawing

from the universityApril 25 Final exams for graduating seniors beginApril 30 Final exams for graduating seniors endMay 2 Final grades for graduating seniors dueMay 6 Final exams end (for students not graduating)May 7 Commencement (9:00 am)May 9 Final grades due for students not graduating

ACADEMICCALENDAR

I started to write about relationships. Val-entines Day is quickly approaching, so I thought it was appropriate. But it wasn’t what was on my mind.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been watch-ing the progression of events in Africa and throughout the Middle East. My first thought when I heard people in Egypt were protesting was simply that they would protest and it would die down.

But as I watched events unfold it suddenly occurred to me what was really sparking all of this? What started this? Then I understood. It’s something as Americans we don’t notice and take completely for granted, the simple free-dom of being able to speak our minds, speak out and just have choices, opinions and op-tions.

The real problem is that most people don’t use that option to speak out. It is almost as if they either don’t care or just can’t be both-ered.

Well think about it, what happened to the passion? What happened to fighting for what

you believe in? What happened to not being afraid to speak

out? In the past few weeks I have heard about this fear that students, faculty and staff have to speak up and voice their opinions, even to criticize any situation on campus. Well why

the fear? Why the anonymous voice. Why the silent ones?

Where were the critical voices when FSU failed to inform people on time about closings? Why didn’t people get outwardly upset about having to drive all the way to FSU just to be told to turn around and go home? Basically that was too late to

be making that decision. Yes circumstances change from time to time, but given that we are talking about people more thought should have gone into that. Schools had closed and decided the day before. In the most basic sense FSU dropped the ball.

Where were the critical “on the record” voices? I hear the quiet ones, the anony-mous ones. There are only the silent ones, but where are the loud voices that will say “Why?”

Speaking out

Party yourself into shapeThe ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., sponsors a Night of Zumba Fitness at the Capel Arena on January 11.

Voice photo by Dea Spicer

Silence changes little, voices change everything

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Voice photo by Jarred HarrisJudith Jamison (left), Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Company, reacts along with Fayetteville State University Chancellor Dr. Anderson, during a question and answer session Thursday at Seabrook Auditorium. Ms. Jamison was the second speaker this semester in the Chancellor’s Distinguished Speak-ers Series.

how the UNC system operates as a unit. He stressed the importance of understand-

ing North Carolina’s unique financial situa-tion, and FSU’s part of a larger branch of the state government that has been affected by the national and global economic slumps.

“The university [system] receives about $2.7 billion from the state and we’ve received about $620 million in cuts over the last four years,” said Mr. Ross, expressing why FSU has been subject to tuition hikes and budget cuts.

Mr. Bowles, Mr. Ross’s predecessor, fo-cused on administrative cohesion, streamlin-ing administrative processes and ensuring all university administration teams were efficient and qualified.

He also made deep administrative cuts. Mr. Ross hopes to spotlight academics, tar-geting “unnecessary duplication” of degree programs. He also believes the administrative side has taken such deep cuts that it is almost inevitable that cuts be made on the academic side of universities. “This year is going to be tougher, and we’re probably going to have to make cuts on the academic side. I do fear that, that could mean fewer sections of class-es.”

He was asked questions ranging from speculated future tuition hikes, his views on the importance of activities and cultural programs, and general advice on leadership.

Mr. Ross clarified that the Board of Governors actually had not approved the tuition increases for universities’ 2011-2012 fiscal year.

“The Board of Governors has not approved any tuition increases for next year. They are considering that in the board meeting next week [this week]. Most of our constituents have indicated that they would like to be given permission to raise tuition in the neighborhood of 6.5 percent which is the top of the cap we’ve placed on the ability of a campus to raise tution.”

Mr Ross also said, “whether or not we will see even more of an increase on top of that as we did last year and whether or not we’ll consider it again is just too early to know.”

Rosslyn Ross, junior and Vice President of SGA and constituent delegate for UNC’s Association of Student Government, asked Mr. Ross about his plans to work with the association.

“I’ve actually met with members of the association and the board of governors to talk about ways we can interactm,” said Mr. Ross. “I told them that one of the parts of having left Davidson that I miss the most is the interaction with students.”

Mr. Ross continued,“I’m going to be looking for ways to try and interact with students as much as possible and I recognize that the Association of Student Government will be a key to that.”

J o s h u a S n i p e s , s e n i o r , M a s s Communication major asked, “In 1984 when [then] Governor Hunt appointed you as superior court judge you were the youngest superior court judge at that time. We are in fact becoming a society of young leaders. You know, President Obama, Mark Zuckerberg, myself [laughs]. What can you tell some of the future leaders of our society about taking leadership roles at such a young age?”

“When I became a judge, actually before I did, I called a good friend of mine and I asked him if he thought I’d be able to do the job. He said oh yeah, you’ll be fine but it’ll take you a couple years to figure it out. Turns out he was right. It took me a lot of hard work and a lot of energy,” Mr. Ross said commenting on his appointment.

He also said, “One piece of advice is to really work hard and learn about whatever it is your organization is attempting to do.”

Mr. Ross answered a few more questions and Mr. Pittman ended the session to allow for the next meeting to begin.

The last question came from Mr. Ross. “What advice do you have for me?”

ROSS continued from front page

Fatima Buh, a junior Mass Communications major and minor in Journalism, speaks with new UNC Board of Governors President, Thomas Ross, at FSU.


JAMISON continued from front page

Mrs. Jamison has received the Medal of the Arts, an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography, The Kennedy Center for Lifetime Contribution to American Culture through the Performing Arts, the American Choreography award and many other great accolades. She rose to stardom with her performances such as “Cry”, “Pas de Duke” and “Divining.”

Mrs. Jamison admitted that she never thought her life would turn out the way it did. Her career with the prestigious Alvin Ailey company had humble beginnings, and it seemed to Ms. Jamison that only a miracle could have placed her as the head of arguably the most popular and renowned dance company in the world.

Staying true to the creed of Alvin Ailey, the goal of the company was to show the world the beauty, integrity and talent of African-Americans.

“Look at the beauty of our culture” was one of Mr. Ailey’s most numerous sayings according to Mrs. Jamison. It is no wonder that he would personally choose Mrs. Jamison to continue his life’s work.

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Company has not only continued but has flourished for more than 50 years.

Since becoming the artistic director in 1989, Mrs. Jamison has taken the company all across and the world and back. She has performed in seventy-one countries such as South Africa, Ghana, China and France. They performed at the Olympic Games, constructed the largest structure dedicated to dance in the United States and initiated many outreach dancing programs all over the world.

The collectable Barbie Doll was the first introduction to the company name. The doll was of an Alvin Ailey dancer dressed in a flowing white skirt and white leotard. What came as a shock to most, was that

instead of fine brunette locks of hair, the deep ebony skinned doll proudly lifted her head sporting a natural afro. This was a rare trend that had not been seen often in the toy industry. Mrs. Jamison said that the doll was made specifically to have prominent African American features, such as the nose and the lips as well as the hair texture. She wanted young black girls to have a doll to which they could physically relate.

According to Mrs. Jamison, Mr. Ailey started the company because there weren’t many roles for African American dancers in theatre. The parts that were available were often not in the best and most respectful light for black performers.

“He wasn’t seeing our images on stage,” said Mrs. Jamison.

She remembers when she first started dancing with the company, someone who had watched the show was seated behind her mother, and she overheard them say, “She was a great dancer, but too bad she was so black.”

Comments like those didn’t seem to bother her. The Civil Rights movement was in full swing. She said some people protested against racial attitudes by having marches and sit-ins. Her form of protest was through dance.

“You have to have a strong passion for what you do. The firmest thing you have to stand on is your own conviction,” she said.

She spoke fervently about encouraging students that no matter what their passion in life may be they need to work hard, and most importantly have faith. All we can do is “pray, prepare and proceed.”

“If you wake up black, then it’s Black history month every time you open your eyes,” she said. She feels that African Americans shouldn’t wait until February to celebrate their heritage. A culture rich community should be constantly celebrated, according to Ms. Jamison.

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By Krystal McDanielVoice Staff Writer

It’s tax time and everyone is ready to do their taxes to receive their tax money. While filing, be smart and make sure you receive all the deductions and tax credit available.

Mary Bradley, a tax preparer for H&R Block said that President Barack Obama has passed a bill that gives your parents the right to claim you on their taxes age 26. This is because a lot of students cannot find jobs after they graduate from college so their parents are still

their providers. A lot of students fill out the 1040 E-Z return. One thing students can do who receive loans to pay for tuition is they can count the interest on the loans that they pay back as deductions. There are different tax credits that students can get while they are in school and are employed.

T h e r e a r e a l s o s o m e t a x credits that students can get after graduation and after they start making payments on their student loans.

With tax season in full swing, often around this time you can see a long line formed outside of the

Lilly Gymnasium with students eagerly waiting to receive their refund checks.

With al l this money being received by students many may ask what do students spend their refund checks on?

Mia Thigpen, a senior here at FSU said “my refund check went to my bills.”

“With my refund check I will buy school supplies and gas for my car to travel to my dental class in Raleigh,” said senior Will Grant said

A lot of students are being responsible with their refund

checks. FSU is among three other campuses seeking maximum tuition increases at 6.5 percent.

With an increase in tuition it is

crucial for students to learn how to save and manage their money correctly. A lot of students spend their money wisely but their may be some students who do not know how to use their money effectively. One suggestion that Mrs. Bradley makes is to buy used text books.

She also says that if you cut down on fast food that will save you a lot of money and time. Mrs. Bradley says the one thing that students can live without are credit cards! These are just a few tips that she said could help students drastically.

Financial awareness for students during tax season

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Voice photo by Charles Taylor

Dancing their way into the semesterStudents gather for the Black & Yellow welcome back dance sponsored by Student Activities Council. The dance was held at the Capel Arena on January 14th, 2011. Students that wore black and yellow received a discount to get into the dance.

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Beginning a month of heritage


Charmaine Murrell (left), a senior Communication major, talks with Dr. Aaron Johnson at a book signing after Dr. Johnson’s speech on Tuesday at Seabrook Auditorium which began a series of events taking place campus-wide in celebration of Black History month.

Black History Month events abound on campus and around the communityFeb. 10th @ 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. – “Celebrating African American Culture” presented by the FSU Dance Ensemble and Choir at the Fayetteville Headquarters Library

Feb. 10th @ 7 p.m. – “Cheryse McLeod Lewis: Mezzo-soprano in recital” in the Seabrook Auditorium (Department of Performing and Fine Arts)

Feb. 12th – Cultural Program’s Road Trip to the International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro, NC

Feb. 17th @ 8 p.m. – “Respect Your Roots” in the Seabrook Auditorium

Feb. 18th @ 7 p.m. – A reception for “The Body in Motion” art exhibition in the Rosenthal Gallery

(Department of Performing and Fine Arts)

Feb. 20th @ 7:20 p.m. – “The Brown Paper Bag Test” sponsored by the Omega Beta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and the Delta Gamma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Feb. 22nd @ 7 p.m. – “Black Valor: A History of African Americans in the Military” at the Fayetteville Headquarters Library

Feb. 23rd @ 8 p.m. – “Black History Month Celebration” at Methodist University

Feb. 25th @ 1 p.m. – “Broncos Building Bridges – Black History Month Program” at Pauline Jones Elementary School

Faculty & staff vs. students


Fayetteville State University faculty & staff compete against the student Honda Campus All-Star quiz bowl team during a recent match in the Student Center. FSU Honda Campus All-Star team will compete against North Agricultural and Technical State University on Saturday.

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Beef…over Taco Bell’s beef?Taco Bell is being sued because it seems

the “beef” used in their food is not 100 per-cent beef. Depending on whom you ask, Taco Bell’s beef can be anything from 30 to 88 percent beef. The Food and Drug Administration states that in order for people to market it as beef it is required to be at least 40 percent beef. Wait a minute, only 40! So if it only has to be 40 percent, then what is the other 60 percent? No wonder you can get a beef burrito for only 99 cents. What everyone is actually eating is a mixture of seasonings, spices, water, meat fillers, extenders and a little bit of beef. Whether or not this is true, consumers should understand it’s fast food and cheap for a reason.

Egyptian Crisis...After many years of high unemployment,

inflation and extreme poverty, many Egyp-tians took to the streets of Cairo in late Jan-uary. They were protesting against Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. In order to stop the protestors, a curfew was established, the military was deployed and protesting and public gatherings were banned. Although the very next day, people still filled the streets and demanded Mubarak step down. Finally last week President Mubarak an-nounced that neither he no his son, Gamal, would run for elections in the fall. There were reports that Gamal and his family had fled the country to London. The protestors were organized and implementing using

“I didn’t watch it because I felt that the things he talked about weren’t going to change. He isn’t a good president and my opinions aren’t going to change.

-Pearson

“Same thing, just a bunch of promises.”

-Shawn

“The president really cares about the country. I was really interested in the energy and education proposals. I believe the speech was to make us more unified. He also is try-

ing to bring the political parties together. With Republicans re-pealing the healthcare reform, I believe this is a strategic move for the president.”

-David

“I saw how some of the people were looking at him, very impatiently. I didn’t watch much because even the presi-dent didn’t look interested.”

-Pierre Littlejohn

“I like the call for bipartisan unity. I like their focus on edu-cation and the need for an

alignment with technology and education. It was just too long. I didn’t see much passion either. I liked the face that he said he was willing to go back and fix whatever problems that occurred in the past.”

-James E. Mitchell

“This makes no sense. That’s what I remember him saying very clearly.”

-Rodney McCrowre

“I don’t watch things like that. It’s too long and I don’t think the President ever does what he says in his speeches. You see how the health care thing went.”

-Jesse King

“It sounded pretty much to me like a repeat of what he said two years ago. [But] He had some good points about edu-cation and teachers…”

-Karen Andrews, Department of Communiction

“I like the idea about the per-manent 4-year tax credit”

-Brittany Lawrence,

“I like when he said he was willing to work to improve the health-care bill, but he wouldn’t go back to two years ago when people with pre-existing conditions couldn’t get coverage.”

-Sandra Richards, Gear Up Staff

“I didn’t watch it. I didn’t know about it.”

-Keisha Towson

“I was very glad he brought up the economic situation and how we need to start creating jobs. I’m glad he gave kudos to North Carolina”

-Veronica Jones, Mayoral Candidate Spring Lake

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By Anna LeeVoice Staff Writer

Can sex friends stay just friends? This is the question in the new comedy “No

Strings Attached” starring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman. Starting with flashback to their teenage years, Emma (Ms. Portman) and Adam (Mr. Kutcher) first meet each other at summer camp. Adam’s parents are going through a divorce and Emma, who even at this age was emotionally unattached, tries to console him by telling him that people aren’t meant to be together forever.

Years fly by in five Hollywood minutes with the pair coincidentally bumping into each other here and there. Finally as twenty-somethings, coincidence – or perhaps it’s now better to call it fate – strikes again and Adam and Emma cross paths. This time there is an instant attraction and they do the deed on the first day of this reunion.

While Adam works a regular 9-to-5 as a producer for a television show, Emma is a medical student going through her residency. She works 80 hours a week doing 32-hour shifts. In the way you might ask a friend for a ride to the airport, Emma asks Adam if he would mind being sex friends.

For those of you still wondering what this, it is someone she can call in the wee hours of the morning strictly for sex, no romantic re-lationship involved. Adam agrees because he likes her but he’s convinced and tells her that

it’s not going to work since eventually they will fall in love. Emma responds and indif-ference and the tension for the movie is set.

Throughout the movie there is a constant struggle between the pair - will a relationship be the next step?

The reversal of roles is the most interesting and unique point of this movie. It’s not very common in our popular culture to see use a man for sex. On the other side, it’s unusual to see a man who is having great sex but is an emotional wreck because he wants something more.

Overall, I’d give this movie an A+. It is really funny and it kept me laughing the whole time. The supporting cast is awesome especially Adam’s pot smoking dad. I think what makes the movie so good is the chem-istry between Ms. Portman and Mr. Kutcher. Viewers can easily sense the genuine attrac-tion between them.

It was also nice to see Ms. Portman in a comedy, a good change from her dramatic role in “Black Swan.” I highly recommend “No Strings Attached” because it is so real-istic, which sets it apart from other romantic comedies.

The “friends with benefits” relationship happens more than most people think and isn’t talked about much. This movie demon-strates the emotional consequences that these relationships have. The point of the movie appears to be that it is nearly impossible not form an emotional attachment.

Of course, being a Hollywood movie you can probably guess what the ending is like. However, it only makes sense because, can sex friends really stay just friends?

No strings attached, really?

Mystery meat and Egypt’s beef

MOVIE REVIEW


Beef…over Taco Bell’s beef?Taco Bell is being sued because it seems

the “beef” used in their food is not 100 per-cent beef. Depending on whom you ask, Taco Bell’s beef can be anything from 30 to 88 percent beef. The Food and Drug Administration states that in order for people to market it as beef it is required to be at least 40 percent beef. Wait a minute, only 40! So if it only has to be 40 percent, then what is the other 60 percent? No wonder you can get a beef burrito for only 99 cents. What everyone is actually eating is a mixture of seasonings, spices, water, meat fillers, extenders and a little bit of beef. Whether or not this is true, consumers should understand it’s fast food and cheap for a reason.

Egyptian Crisis...After many years of high unemployment,

inflation and extreme poverty, many Egyp-tians took to the streets of Cairo in late Jan-uary. They were protesting against Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. In order to stop the protestors, a curfew was established, the military was deployed and protesting and public gatherings were banned. Although the very next day, people still filled the streets and demanded Mubarak step down. Finally last week President Mubarak an-nounced that neither he no his son, Gamal, would run for elections in the fall. There were reports that Gamal and his family had fled the country to London. The protestors were organized and implementing using

Twitter, Facebook and cell phones. The death toll continues to rise each day. Violent protests continue. Even with the announce-ment of President Mubarak’s stepping down, the protests erupted into a a battle between anti-government supporters and President Mubarak’s supporters. This led

to further violnce, rioting and looting on the streets of many cities across Egypt. The gov-ernment wants people to cease protests and return to “normal life.” The Muslim Brother-hood, a group outlawed in

Egypt, joined the protestors. The army has stated they are protecting their country not President Mubarak. They refused to use force on citizens and stood in protection of national historical monuments throughout the country.

…And what does that mean for the United States

The thin that makes this event important and note worthy is simply because the sta-bility of the Egyptian government is in lim-bo. If President Hosni Mubarak steps down, who will succeed him? Will this new leader prove to be an ally of the United States? The U.S. holds strategic importance to U.S. foreign policy. It is an important stabilizing force throughout the Middle East, the first to recognize and make peace with Israel, and have control over the Suez Canal which is an important trade route. The protests and rioting throughout Egypt has opened up the possibility of the spread of instability across the Middle East. The president of Jordan dismissed his entire cabinet, wide spread rioting in Yemen and Tunisia.

By L’Asia BrownVoice Contributing Writer

Last week, I had a food emergency. I’m on a strict diet and exercise program to rid of my freshman 15 (ok, it’s a lot more but I’m not telling) so my meal choices outside of my own kitchen are far and in between. There wasn’t enough time to drive home and cook something, and my stomach was growling loudly, which constituted a food emergency.

I called my trainer and asked him where I could go for a meal that wasn’t processed or fast food. No McDonald’s, Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC, Sonic. After yelling at me for not having a healthy snack in my purse,

he suggested two places, a Thai cuisine restaurant on South Bragg Boulevard, and a Jamaican cuisine spot on Murchison road, no more than five minutes from FSU. I’ve never tasted Thai food and during a rush was not the time to decide I didn’t like it, so I decided on the Jamaican place.

Lo and behold, about three minutes after making a right onto Murchison Road from Langdon Street, I spotted the Jamaican Kitchen. Located in a somewhat desolate area was a small building decked out in colors of the Jamaican flag: green, yellow, and black. It’s on the left of those driving north

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IS LOVE LOST?By Charnell HarrisVoice Features Editor

It doesn’t appear that many people on campus are trying to establish se-rious relationships with one another. That is not necessarily a bad thing. After all, many students are young and/or need to keep their focus on their education. But one would think that part of the college experience includes dating and learning to inter-act and have meaningful connections with others.

Much of the choice to date casu-ally has to do with student sched-ules, their different attitudes about relationships and their own personal goals.

“[Dating] is too overrated. You’re here in college trying to learn. It’s cool to [be in] a relationship, but it takes a lot of time,” said junior busi-

ness major Anthony Johnson.Time seems to be the biggest

impediment on student’s “love lives.”Those in the nursing program, ROTC and students who play sports have very rigorous schedules and many feel that they just lack the time it takes to nurture a relationship.

“[I don’t flirt] because if I do and I end up liking him, it would just take my mind away from school,” said freshmen biology major Tyesha Monroe.

Instead of having a serious girl-friend or boyfriend, many just want to “hang out” and enjoy each other’s company. Students do not want to have to give their relationships a “title.”

The thing that many people wor-ry about is not students dating, but students being safe in dating atmo-spheres.

Pamela Smith, of the Personal Development Office, is a counselor who specializes in working with students who have relationship issues. She advises that students listen to their instincts when out socializing to keep safe. She suggests that students follow these dating tips to help prevent dangerous incidents:• When going on a first date, meet at a public place and have your own transportation.• Trust your instincts. If you feel uncomfortable, if you feel like you are in danger, most likely you are.• Do not let friends, family or your date convince you to go against your gut instincts. You may be wrong but it is better to be safe than sorry.

• NO ALWAYS means NO!• Never leave your food or beverages unattended, if you do so, discard it and get another one. You never know what people will put in there.• Be aware of your alcohol and drug intake while out on a date. You will not be in a clear state of mind, leaving you vulnerable for people to take advantage of you.• Know the signs of an abusive relationship (controlling, putting you down, isolation) and avoid “Dating is risky because you don’t know this person. You should go into it with your eyes open and start out as friends. That’s what dating is about, getting to know people,” said Mrs. Smith.

7 tips to keep you safe on a date

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Love is in the AirBy Briana MurrellVoice Staff Writer

With Valentine’s Day right around the cor-ner, it is impossible to walk into an office, a restaurant, or even a convenient store and see no signs of this love-filled holiday. As the fourteenth of February rapidly approaches, heart-shaped candies and red & pink signs are appearing everywhere.

Popularly known as the most romantic day of the year, it’s hard for a person not to be in the Valentine’s Day spirit. Reservations are being made and flowers are being ordered. Minds are wandering on the thoughts of dates, gifts, and romance. Love is on every-one’s minds.

This week, The Voice uncovers a few stu-dents’ favorite Valentine’s Day quotations about love.

#LoveQuotes...“Love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone, but still get-ting weak knees when they walk into a room and smile at you.”

- Janee’ Bellamy, Junior

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”

- Barbara Henry, Sophomore

“A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.”

- LeRon Montgomery, Senior

As you go through the rest of this week and come upon Valen-tine’s Day, think of your own fa-vorite love quotes. My personal favorite is one by the late, great Aristotle, “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” If you haven’t tried love, how about test it out starting this week. Love isn’t love until you give it away!

Voice photo by Dea SpicerCross Creek Early College students are actively engaged as they learn about criminal justice from their cross creek professor Cary Adkinson last week in the Butler Building at Fayetteville State University. Mr. Adkinson is a fourth-year teacher at FSU.

A hand up at Cross Creek By Tony NelsonVoice Staff Writer

Here on the campus of Fayetteville State University lies an even deeper treasure than the University itself.

FSU is the home to Cross Creek Early College High School, an institution of higher learning which offers a combination of high school and college courses before a student even reaches college.

After interviews, academic transcripts are reviewed, and students are classified as first-generation college students, they are accepted into the school.

Students can reach more than 60 college credits before high school graduation, which is equivalent to an associate’s degree.

The principal, Melody Chalmers, defines the school as “a tool to equip students to be college ready in the 21st century.”

The school is in its sixth year and is lead by Ms. Chalmers who took the leadership torch from Mindy Vickers, \the original principal before promotion.

Cross Creek has grown into a phenomenal institution with outstanding faculty, staff, and students. Being on Fayetteville State’s campus students get unique college experiences exposing them to amazing

opportunities in education. With the support from Fayetteville state’s

Dean, Leontye Lewis, Cross Creek’s college liaison, Lamont Sparrow, and many others – the bond between the two entities of high school and college became much stronger; reminiscent of a family atmosphere.

For example, Mr. Sparrow serves as a collegiate male role model and adviser helping students realize their full potential and guiding them along the right path for success. Because of his influence and assistance, not only in their personal lives but also academic, he has inspired students to transcend the ordinary to extraordinary.

The fruits of their labor are clearly shown when traditional students’ scores are outdone time and time again thanks to the preparation that Cross Creek offers.

Testimonials from some engaging senior

students also provide and outlook on how this school is such a great opportunity.

“My experience has lead me to grow and mature from a place in my life I never thought I’d make it out of,” said Darius Robertson.“The staff here is more than teachers, more than your administrators, they’re like family.”

He follows up to describe his dark past explaining how he was not college-minded before attending high school and headed down a negative path of flunking courses and facing suspension; if it had not been for Cross Creek Darius would have dropped out of school for good.

“Since I’ve been here, I found the right track,” he explains. “Unlike my old teachers in a regular high school these teachers would not let me fail. Cross Creek taught me to overcome my environment and laid down a foundation and from here I plan on being the most successful person I can be.”

Consequently, it is plain to see the gem in our own backyard, Cross Creek Early College High School…an academic family who believes failure is not an option, birthing leaders daily.

Early college program brings high school students to campus‘Since I’ve been here, I found the right track. Unlike my old teachers in a regular high school these teachers would not let me fail.

- Darius Robertson7 tips to keep you safe on a date

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and on the right of those driving south (towards FSU). There were about eight parking spaces and 13 cars. I saw a drive-thru window, so I pulled around to the back to discover there was no menu or speakerphone.

The drive-thru window was just…a window. After finding a parking space that wasn’t a parking space, I walked into the restaurant.

Inside was small and cramped with a few bar seats at the window and an area to sit down by a small old-fashioned television set. One petite lady with a Jamaican accent took orders, while a Jamaican man cooked. Lots of people were crowded around waiting on their orders, but none seemed impatient. Most people made small talk, as if they knew each other. Although the Jamaican Kitchen wasn’t equipped with brand-specific architecture,

or corporate trained, robot-acting workers, it had a pleasant, local feeling that one would expect on a trip to the Caribbean. And their food, according to my trainer, was all freshly made. No preservatives, processed food, high fructose corn syrup, fake sugars, or pretend-meat (cough, cough McDonald’s).

On the counter, there were lots of flyers and a couple menus. I grabbed a menu and browsed, seeing everything from beef patties

and pineapple soda to jerk chicken and curry goat. The menu wasn’t large, but it had a good variety of traditional Jamaican meals. I ordered a medium curry chicken with white rice and cabbage, and a meat patty. It took all my energy not to order a Jamaican root beer or pineapple soda, both of which are made using ingredients directly from ginger root and pineapples, respectively.

I expected to wait five to 10 minutes for my meal, based on the number of people before me. Surprisingly, I waited all of three minutes. In between that time, almost everybody before me received their food, checked it, thanked the cashier, and left. Nobody returned their food with problems, and all the meals I saw had steam coming from inside the Styrofoam to-go box (no cold fries, oops, I mean cold curry).

When she called my number, my meal was in a brown paper bag. Inside, my meat patty was wrapped appropriately in wax paper and my curry chicken was sitting beautifully on top of white rice, a couple plantains, and potatoes, and cabbage. I had enough napkins and

she didn’t forget my fork. Before I left I took a closer

look at the flyers on the counter. Most of them were advertising events geared towards unifying the Caribbean community, which made sense.

I was able to devour my meal and still make it to class. Although white rice isn’t the best option during weight loss efforts, it is not nearly as bad as white bread or white tortillas. It actually has the same amount of calories as brown rice, although brown rice does have more vitamins and nutrients.

I’d go back to the Jamaican Kitchen again in a heartbeat. Aesthetically, you’re not going to gasp in awe, but the quality of the cuisine is perfect.

I’ll suck it up and walk in to order great food before I pull up to a drive-thru to order unhealthy, mass-produced, quantity-over-quality food, any day.

The Jamaican Kitchen is located at 2401 Murchison Road, Fayetteville, NC 28301. Hours of operation: Monday-Saturday 11am-8pm; Closed on Sundays.

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By Briana MurrellVoice Staff Writer

Around this time of the year, ro-mance and love is in the air. Money is also in the atmosphere - spending that is. Couples, friends and family everywhere are ready and willing to spend money on their loved ones. To some, money is no object when it comes to getting that special gift and making Valentine’s Day is a day to remember.

According to the National Retail Federation’s 2011 Valentine’s Day Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, the average person will spend $116.21 on traditional Val-entine’s Day merchandise this year. Total holiday spending is expected to reach $15.7 billion. The top three purchases: jewelry ($3.5 billion), clothing ($1.6 billion) and dining out ($3.4 billion).

For Valentine’s Day, the staff here at The Voice has come up with their own list of this year’s top Val-entine’s Day gifts.

#1 – Candy#2 – Personalized Valentine#3 – Perfume/Cologne#4 – Dinner#5 – Intimacy

According to many Fayetteville State students, Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love. It is one day set aside to express how much you love your spouse, significant other, family, or friend. One of The Voice’s staff writers, Nicolette Be-atty, says, “I think of Valentine’s Day as a day to show and tell the person you love just how much you love them, whether it be gifts, words, or actions.”

Falling on a weekday this year, many students have opted to cel-ebrate Valentine’s Day during the weekend. Some have been planning their special day for months. Din-ner and a movie topped the list of students’ plans.

Leland Walker, The Voice staff photographer, has prepared a nice evening for his secret valentine. “I plan on surprising a young lady with an oversized stuffed animal, dinner, and a movie, maybe an eve-ning walk around campus and to chill out in the gazebo.”

Whether this Monday will be a special day for you, or just an or-dinary day, dinner and a movie, or a night alone, celebrate life itself. “Love the life you live and live the life you love!”

Valentine s Day – a day for lovers and spenders!

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hnj art gallery

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Lady Bronco Je’Lena Robertson passes as Lady Golden Bull Shavonda Price defends Saturday night at the Capel Arena. The Golden Bulls beat the Broncos 60-32.

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Voice photos by Dea SpicerTim Plummer makes the crowd go wild with a slam dunk en route to 77-73 win against Johnson C. Smith Gold Bulls at Saturday night’s competitive match in the Capel Arena.

By Charnell HarrisVoice Features Editor

Once upon a time, theUniversi-ty of North Carolina at Pembroke students decided that they should have a football team. They figured that since university athletics were paid for with their student athletic fees, then they should be allowed to decide what it goes to. So they went to their university officials and asked them for one. The uni-versity told them how much it would cost to have a football team and that if they wanted one, and then they would have to be will-ing to raise money, around 4-mil-lion dollars just for the stadium alone. They were told how much of a struggle it would be for them to succeed. When asked if they were sure about going through with it, the student body readily declared “Let’s play ball.”

Backed by their community and their Student Government Associ-ation, they were able to put it all together and they enjoy a Division II football team.

So Broncos, “Are you willing to go the distance to get the ac-tivities that you want to be here at FSU? And if so, just what are you willing to do to get them?”

At FayettevilleStateUniversity, there are many talented athletes who are dying to play the sports they excelled in while in high school. And every year, the uni-versity is losing great academic students simply because those students play sports not available at FSU, so they opt to go to other universities or transfer. While many students complain about what is missing here, students just do not know how much it takes in putting together new athletic pro-grams.

One of the more popular re-quests is to start a track and field team.

FSU’s Director of Athletics, Edward McLean, said that if he could bring in any other sports program, it would be track and

field. However, bringing in a new team sport would require more than a group of talented and inter-ested students. He estimated that it would cost around $250,000-$300,000 per year to fund a well-organized, quality track team.

Mr. McLean points out that it is not just about getting enough money for uniforms and equip-ment. The bulk of the money would go to hiring experienced and qualified coaches, giving scholarships to talented individu-als and having money for the team.

FSU to have a legitimate team, it would require at least 28 stu-dents or full-time employees. For those who participated in track and field, know that in order to have a decent team to compete, you need more than 50.

Athletic programs are funded through tuition money, via the ath-letic fees. If students want to add new programs, they would have to accepted higher fees. So far FSU charges the lowest amount for athletic fees in the state.

Another major factor in bring-ing in more athletic programs is student support. No one wants to establish a team that they feel the student body will not support. Mr. McLean wants to make sure that whatever program they may add in the future, the student body will be proud to support them.

Such popular sports like soc-cer and swimming are not offered at FSU, simply because there are not many universities in our con-ference that offer them as well. In order for FSU to compete, the university would have to allot more money for travel outside of the region, than other sports like football and basketball.

When it comes down to it, add-ing more athletic programs is ful-ly up to the student body. Students pay for it already. At the end of the day it’s about whether or not students are willing to help better our school by demanding that it gives us what students ask for.

Adding new FSU sports is daunting task

An exciting win Saturday brought the Broncos to a record of 5-5. Most importantly, a memorable shot was executed by Broncos guard Tim Plummer which enabled the Broncos to close in on the St-Augustine Golden Bulls. Both teams showed fierce determination during the entire duration of the game. Broncos guard and forward, Ariel Robinson and Seth Hawkins also did well during the victory scoring 5 points together.

As for the performance of the Lady Broncos, they fell short of a victory on Saturday. The Broncos trailed St Augustine by 20 points. The final score was 78-58. The highlight on the side of the Broncos was their lead scorer Capricia Smalls. Capricia scored 14 points and had 6 re-bounds. La Quasha Jordan also played a part as well scoring 11 points. Regardless of the loss, the Lady Broncos put in a strong effort to end.

~ Courtney Miller

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FSU also offers Teacher Licensure in many areas.

Students can apply for Summer 2011 and Fall 2011 admission during the Open House!

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