The Register, 2001-11-12

              of dedication i feel she was destine to touch the kves of the weak hearted seen by over twenty-six milkon viewers in the united states and one hundred and twelve countries oprah is the high est rated talk show in television history i love oprah because she not only reaches out through her show but she also has a special angel network that reaches out to everyday people aside from her regular broadcast being that she admires teachers she continuously awards teachers across the country she gives her audience what they want starting just seventeen years ago oprah has had many opportunities to end her contract but she feels she must continue because her journey has yet to begin the purpose of a talk show is to allow people to express themselves solve problems and motivate others i would rather watch a show that speaks the truth then a show that is unsure of the truth foremost the show has a variety of topics i feel a show should have a theme and focus on that theme yearly it is unorganized to talk about love one day and about strippers the next final thoughts i bekeve african americans have a powerful voice in this nation the only way we will continue to have the freedom of speech on air is if we are prepared physically mentally and spiritually recently young black icons have found a niche for becoming the next oprah or montel the problem is they start by rrurroring these talk shows that have been on the ak for weu over ten years leaving no room to grow into their own unique vibe today's beginning hosts feel they must copy others in order to make it shows such as the ananda lewis show the queen ladfah show iyanla forgive and forget and oh drama are just dupkcates of past and weu-estabkshed talk shows unfortunately viewers grow tired of watching the same structure of enter tainment his atmosphere is professional yet warm being that he once held a posi tion as a naval intelkgence officer and motivational speaker i bekeve he has lasted on the air so long because of bis personal connection with people in lay men's terms he solves the worlds prob lems one-day at a time when i hear the name oprah i think viewing the montel wilkams show closely i bekeve his purpose is to moti vate i hardly ever see montel provoking a confrontation or hosting a sleazy show that would degrade his guest and view ers it feels as if he never wants to leave a show until au issues have been resolved the one thing that has made these two solid is individuality years have gone by and the style of talk shows has changed but they have yet to compromise those changes personally oprah winfrey and montel williams were at the right place at the right time during their peak in televi sion not too many faces of color were viewed on an everyday bases producers probably felt they could take a chance and fill a quota simultaneously and determine their future according to viewers by tamika hudson the era of talk shows has sparked an interest in the african american enter tainment industry viewing the latest talk shows this past season i can only assume the spark has blown out due to numerous cancelation of talk show host by today's hottest icons with the odds against african american sit-coms movies singers rap pers and film and movie producers it is an understatement to say blacks can make it in the entertainment industry the question is how have two of the most influential people of the african american race been able to withstand the continuous changes of the talk show industry and secondly why have their successors crumbled at the oppor tunity to succeed in quality entertain ment jason boyd pie depicted in the photos probably saw as a threat the chapter at auburn is the oldest african-american greek let ter organization on thek campus and an incident kke this wiu only make the chapter stronger and even more power ful than before now that our country is at war america has fallen into a comfort zone regarding race relations within our own country people tend to believe that since we are fighting an enemy on the other side atiantic ocean that every body still here in america has the same patriotic aspirations to bond together under the american flag well i personally viewed the racist the shkts students from two white fraternities at auburn university delta sigma phi and beta theta pi threw a hauoween party and during the party they thought it would be cool to take raciauy offensive pictures and in some of those pictures the groups of boys were made up in blackface and wearing omega psi phi t ' i — j last wednesday was the day while sit ting in front of the computer kke i always do i heard of an act so disgust ing that i felt it was worth talking about an act so ignorant that i felt it was worth writing about on any other day i usually don't both er to express my views on the opinion page any other day i usuauy just sit in front of the computer in the register office to lay out ads in the newspaper and handle all the money but last wednesday was not any other day what happened at auburn university was more than ignorance it was more than a cruel prank one greek letter organization trying to poke fun at another to cause a hide controversy university was auburn what hap pened at plain and sim ple a symbol of hate i am not in a fraternity and i am not from alabama nor have i ever vis ited auburn university so i do not know why they chose omega psi phi fraternity inc to be included in thek hauoween mockery i can only specu late because it is one of the oldest african-american fraternities in the country and the organization kke au the other african-american fraternities and sororities has a strong and rich heritage with chapters au across the nation the fraternity probably had the strongest influence and exposure at auburn university something the peo and suffering for african-americans a flag that some people thought would be forgotten after the boycott in south carolina i saw the confederate flag i saw a flag that symbolizes hate a hatred whose foundation is deeply root ed in the soil of america racism has been around since the beginning and has never reauy showed any signs of going away what happened at auburn was a much-needed wakeup cau maybe now americans wiu reopen thek eyes to the evil here next door to us since i think they closed them or at least squinted a ktde since the attacks of sept 11 don't get me wrong i'm not saying what happened on hauoween indkecdy had a positive effect on america because it heightened our social aware website pictures www.tolerance.org a project of the southern poverty law center and what i saw was far from a symbol of patriotism i saw a group of bammas since the register is affiliated with the university i'll refrain from using profanity united together under a different kind of flag a flag that represented centuries of pain opinion 300-plus years of oppression and the civil rights movement of the 1960s is all the eye opener i'll ever need i don't need a group of jerks dressed up in offensive costumes to open mine for me ness in my 4 opinion november 12 2001 randy st clair editor-in-chief message real african-american talk show hosts need a tarah holland entertainment editor jason boyd advertising manager sharonda eggleton photographer valerie nit-man faculty adviser t.j moore news editor chris wallace sports editor shakinta johnston staff writer editorial policy ecktorials reflect the opinions of the a&t register but not necessarily those of the university views in guest commentaries and letters to the editor are those of the writer 20 questions the a&t register box e-25 1601 e market st greensboro nc 27411 by dijon rolle l how many people actually got into the classes that they wanted can you say thank the lord for onkne registration 2 how many of us stik don't know who their advisor is and don't care since we registered onkne anyway 3 which of the fokowing classes seems to always be closed on the first dav a personal health /- b the only section that the cool professor teaches c the prerequisite for that class you need to be taking now 4 when are we going to get those new and improved student ids...reauy can you say i need mine before i graduate please 5 now that hauoween is long over can we please get rid of the lawn ghosts and rotten pumpkins 6 what was the worse hauoween treat you received back in the day a canned goods b household items c pennies or other loose change d field peas or a box of raisins 7 aren't we glad that akcia keys finauy dropped a new video 8 is it just us or is that dude stiu not cute in the second video either 9 ladies...how many of us almost feu out when we heard that maxweu was com ing to greensboro ( for those that don't know dec 11 houa 10 what if maxweu doesn't show up 11 doesn't your night class seem a ktde harder to get to since the time went back 12 why is the parking lot stiu packed after 5 p.m 13 does everybody have a night class this semester or what 14 whatever happened to the good saturday morning cartoons can you stiu say thunder cats hoooooooo 15 why are those geico car insurance commercials so hilarious 16 we know that parking is still bad...but have some people lost thek mind park ing in reserve spots kke they can't get towed you know you wrong for tryin to park in the chanceuor's spot 17 why are some of us just now gettin back from adanta 18 why don't they just take the elevator out of crosby since it never works 19 which is the best elective for seniors a acting for non-theater majors b anything with the word appreciation in it c that arts and crafts class everybody took last semester 20 why is this year almost over...akeady ev i has many faces