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April 26 2001
Vol. 92, Issue 8

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Campus Echo lands record 14 BCCA awards

The NCCU Year in Pictures 2000-2001

The NCCU Year in Pictures 1999-2000

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NCCU students Rally to protest budget cuts

NCCU students rally outside the Hoey Administration Building on April 24 to protest budget cuts affecting all state universities. (Photo: Eric Tullis/Echo Staff Photographer)

NCCU faces $2.9M in cuts

N.C. Central University students marched to protest legislators’ request that the UNC system campuses cut their budgets by $125 million, an amount that equals seven percent of the entire allocation to UNC universities. [Go to article]

Noted lawyer joins faculty
Fred Gray, a noted civil rights attorney who once worked for Rosa Parks, has been appointed to the Charles Hamilton Houston Chair of Law at the Turner Law School. [Go to article]

NCCU students give services low ratings
A recent survey released by the UNC Board of Governors revealed mixed student satisfaction levels with academic aspects at N.C. Central University, including faculty instruction, library services, and counseling. (Part II) [Go to article]

'Root ganglia' and other stuff
Undergraduate Research Day gives high school and college students hands-on research opportunities. [Go to article]

Applications up from last year
A recent report to the N.C.Central University faculty by Daniel Green, director of enrollment management, showed that undergraduate applications and admittances are coming in at about a 12-18 percent increase over last year at this time. [Go to article]

Review
“Crowns” explores African American church hat culture. [more]

Sports
Jason Smoots and Katerina Glosova each won two champion ships. [more]

Q & A SPECIAL
Julius Chambers shares some final thoughts with the Echo readers. [more]

Opinion
Don't miss our opinion pages this issue, featuring one beloved columnist who bids us goodbye, another calling an end to riots, a third wants to know why some even bother to pledge, and last but not least - the great tipping war. To tip, or not to tip, that is the question indeed! [read]

05/02 - Final examinations for graduating students. Reading day for non-graduating students.

05/03 - Final examinations for non-graduating students.

05/07 - Final grades for graduating students due in the Registrar's Office by 12 PM.

05/09 - Last day of examinations for non-graduating students.

05/11 - Alumni Day. Commencement Rehearsal, Shepard Bowl 11 AM.

05/12 - Commencement exercises, 9 AM. Residence Halls close at 2 PM.

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