The Register, 1998-11-13

              people are nasty we need to get it straight editorial page 8 aggies come home sec homecoming nape 7 campus news picture page features 4,6,7,8 sports by erick b wicker register staff i supported every other sga sponsored function during homecoming except for the con cert said jaive peaks a senior electronics and computer technol ogy major from durham i just have never seen jay-z or dmx in concert before and felt that i could die next week and never get a chance to see them on the same stage again tony williams president of diamond life entertainment and the coliseum concert's promoter estimated that his concert drew a crowd of over 17,000 he said this where to party homecoming night an overwhelming number of a&t students chose to make the trek to the coliseum seum which featured many of today's hottest rap artists mean while back on campus a&t's student government association coming show at corbett gymna sium which featured lesser known acts 6 we are continuously reminded by numerous professors that homecom ing is not for the student body but for the alumni who are to return but even for those of us who tend to agree with what is this thing that we call homecoming for some of us homecoming is that one week during the year that it becomes ok for the student body to skip class and hang out with friends of course that is not very logical but it usually ends up being that way see homecoming page editorial cartoons mable scott the university's vice chancellor for public relations said the public information office was not advised of any information re garding this case therefore it is very difficult for me to provide a definite answer scott said that on homecom ing weekend no incidents from the campus security office the greens boro police department or the guilford county sheriff's office were reported to the office of public rela tions ter university officials declined to comment on how the arrest will af fect his status on the team photo by yohance harrison / a&t register rodney woodruff shown here scrambling on the field was arrested for driving while impaired on oct 31 rodney woodruff the football team's starting quarterback was arrested on oct 31 for driving while impaired and ranning a red light on east market and laurel streets greensboro police arrested woodruff around 11:00 p.m and took him to the guilford county detention center police sgt j l herron said that woodruff's blood alcohol level was 0.10 when the breathalyzer test was conducted at the jail in north caro lina the legal blood alcohol limit is 0.08 woodruff played in the homecom ing game on that saturday but left with a hip injury in the fourth quar aggie qb nabbed for driving while impaired that interpretation we can't help but ask if homecoming is not for the stu dent body then why is it an entire week of activities * most alumni are unable to be here for the whole week because of prior commitments like family and jobs so it is unreasonable to say that home coming is not for the student body which leads us to the question is homecoming becoming too commer cialized the most memorable thing about homecoming for me was how differ ent it was said chandra meachem a junior animal science major it some students seem to think so photo by sonia clark / a&t register little miss manning sierra jones daughter of sylvia jones class of 1987 is starting to understand aggie pride homecoming all about aggie pride i just could not find the true mean ing of homecoming this year is homecoming really losing its zeal that seems to be the general consensus among the student body including myself rashawn farrior a senior political didn't feel the same as other home comings and maybe that's because i completely missed the football game.i in essence homecoming is really nothing but a big fashion show meachem said it's interesting be cause no one goes to watch the game they go to be seen register staff reports friday nov 13 1998 volume 78 no 5 1998 students split j\gl 1 oultiecoltllriff