HBCU ROLL CALL/ HBCU Week Declaration

[prayerfull]

Howard U. alum in the house!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE OLD SCHOOL HU IF YOU REMEMBER (some have been altered to avoid duplication):
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1) that this is the tenth anniversary of the protest and were down from the beginning.

2) you remember jumping double-dutch on the yard and then a brawl ensued with a couple of the football players

3) the punchout after the football games

4) fighting in meridian hill or sutton

5) Reggie wit' the red jetta (washable silk suits and matching bally's)

6) that the hilltop never came out on time and when it did it was full of errors

7) when the police beat us up at the howard/morgan basketball game

8) playing spades, bid whist and pool in the game room

9) that the college of arts & sciences useta be called liberal arts; that there used to be a school of human ecology and that there WERE 18 schools and colleges

10) rayon print shirts, the bum toes, africa medallions, high top fades with lines in 'em, eyebrows with lines in 'em, "groove is in the heart" "rebel without a pause" & "i like"

11) the first hip-hop conference and were down from the beginning

12) nia force kids drillin' on the yard

13) the spring picnic where somebody threw a bottle and set it off

14) the clubhouse, the days inn & that other little club by meridian

15) when the street in front of the a building was not one-way

16) there used to be a hot dog truck at the front gate

17) the old heads who blew up BEFORE they blew up

18) when the library was open for 24 hours during finals...and you went and studied little, if at all OR you fell asleep

19) when the university was closed during finals because of the snow

20) when the homecoming fashion show was MUST SEE TV

21) all the friends you had in school-and they're STILL your DOGS (or the ones you lost touch with and have become reacquainted with with the advent of e-mail)

22) Food fights every night in the Cafe

23) The WAR ZONE

24) The Howard Inn

25) The Thunder Machine

26) TLC (the little store that was across the street from MacDonalds)

27) hangin' out in front of the towers without beef from HU security.

28) the undergrad library before it had cubicles.

29) bootleg Howard gear.

30) house parties where "DJ Bernard" played a half hour Shabba Ranks medley.

31) getting your laundry done for free when the machines took quarters.

32) when freshmen and sophomores could live off campus.

33) when 40oz.'s were not considered ghetto.

34) playing "Wisconsin Sleeper" with freshman girls.

35) the group "SHAI" thought they were the sh*t.

36) that kid who got high and jumped off of Drew Hall and lived!

37) when the cops beat up Andrew Young's (former mayor of Atlanta)son.

38) you could attend class until midterms without being validated.

39) when the Sutton shuttle was your free ride down town.

40) there was no coffee bar in the A building.

41) seeing De La Soul and Diggable Planets chillin' on campus every other week.

42) stealing salt and pepper shakers from MacDonlads.

43) when student ID #s were six digits.

44) When homecoming games were played in Greene Stadium

45) Tawanna Brawly used to go to HU.....and mad brothas were sweatin' her

46) The School of Business had the finest....yet stuck up.....women
out of any school....... not much has changed :

47) Most folks hung around the game room......in Blackburn....playing spades and Street Fighters I, II, III, and IV

48) Drew Hall was became respectable and females wanted to actually hang out there and get their......you figure it out.

49) Sutton and Eton Halls had the finest upper classmen women

50) Various things overflowing, flooding, or crawling around the various floors of Meridian

51) Sitting in the windows of the Quad and yelling "WE SEE YOU" everytime the alarm to the back door of Bethune went off because someone didn't make it out before curfew....

52) fighthing the rats in the courtyard of the Quad because you didn't have a laundry room in your bldg...(oh sorry got a little personal)

53) A certain HU bball player's Doo Doo Brown incident

54) The shuttle buses blowing up....

55) The freedom shuttle

56) The WUST (before it became the 9:30 Club)

57) The Spray painted red, black & green map of Africa in front of Douglas Hall

58) the BLACK squirrels (TELL me y'all didn't think that was the STRANGEST
thing went y'all came to school)

59) $5 Dominos pizza man...

60) the first sign of Spring was when all the little freshman girls came out on the
> yard half naked

61) Que's and Alpha's stepping on the yard on Friday at noon

62) Sticky Fingaz parties on Bates street, and Club Cache

63) parties at the Roxy on Friday or Saturday nights.

64) The Block Boys

65) When Puff Daddy was just Puff that kid with the Jetta

66) Jettas

67) The Presidents Picnick & Valley Party

68) No one really came to school until after Labor Day @ VA Beach

69) The Mens Basket Ball team was Da Bomb (undefeated in regular season but lost MEAC Torny to NC A&T) and the NCAA jerked us.

70) Chris Washington dancing at Basketball games

71) Black Bart Simpson shirts

72) Ras Baraka doing the WOP on the yard

73) HU 7-11 & Churches Chicken up by Drew Hall

74) The year they just thru up the TOWERS

75) Dr. Twitty failing her own daughter

76) Bomb threats at the School of B

77) Waiting in line 2 days to register (liberal arts students)

78) Homecoming on the yard BEFORE they moved it to RFK

79) The little hotdog stand in front of the School of B

80) Club Undergrad AKA the library during finals

81) Hanging out in front of the quad all night long

82) The Touchdown Club

83) If you remember wearing Cross Colours.

84). If you attended the Battle of the Dorms stepshow where Drew Hall won and upperclass women sweating them.

85). If you a remember calling niggas that hung around the quad too much Captain Quad and girls who you saw in Drew Hall too much Drew Hall Queens/Rats.

86). If you remember the greatest dj in the history of HU, DJ Paul Howard.

87). If you remember Quigleys, getting dressed up to go to The Ritz on Sundays, catching the Shuttle Bus to the Mirage on a Friday when admission was free, and most importantly getting your freak on at the Basement.

88). If you remember when Wilson's was Roy Rogers

89). If you remember going to the Mo' Money jam at the Wust.

90). If you remember going to the Ice Cream Social and King's Dominion with the Campus Pals.

91). If you remember Powermove

92) If you remember when Wonder Plaza was the Wonder Bread Factory and still making BREAD....

93) If you remember when that store in the Wonder Bread Factory sold bread, twinkies, cup cakes, etc. that were going to expire the next day for 25cents.

94 If you remember the liquor store across from the Texaco that would cash your HU checks for free if u bought some liqour

95 if You remember when Carl Payne (aka CockRoach from Cosby show aka Cole on Martin) went to Howard and got thrown in the fountain in front of Blackburn during a spring picnic

96 If you had an account at the Bank on Georgia Ave (front of Burr)
BEFORE it became Signet or whatever it is today - - United National (aka United Nigga)

97 If you ever used an old line printer to validate yourself or your friends. (hint this was b4 stickers and barcodes)

98 If you remember when Grrove Phi Groove was actually dope(If there ever was such a time)

99 If you remember when the administration and Bd. Of Trustees were all republicans

100 When All Howard sports teams wore Blue and Yellow (what was that all about?)

101 If You went to any of these clubs. Club Chicago, The Black Hole,or the Mirage b4 it was called the Mirage.

102 If you ever went to a Garage party at Sutton.

103) The cafeteria before it was all-u-can eat and being pissed off that the athletes could get all of the food they wanted.

104) The Howard Plaza Towers the first year it opened was the Bomb...and you were a freshman that year and all your friends from the Quad would come over to your place and sleep because they didn't have air conditioning.

105) Guys would make "dates" with girls to see the Cosby Show and Different World on Thursday nights....and you cried on the episode when Whitley was getting married and Dwayne Wayne broke up the wedding

106) Howard was always the LAST school to close when all of D.C. closed down for a snow emergency.

107) Joe Mahone was already in his 7th year as a senior when you were a freshman and still hadn't graduated yet when you did as a senior.

108) Girls wore FUR coats at Homecoming

109) Late night in front of The Towers you'd always see all the lights off in people's rooms, but "Let's Chill" and "Kissing You Is All I Want To Do" would be blasting out of people's windows

110) Chuck & Billy's - accross the street from the School of B was slammin' on Friday's after school.

[pinkice9]

LLLLLLLLLLLLLCCCCCCCCCCCCC, LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE IN THE HOUSE. C/O 2001. GO BLUE BEARS.

[Diamond007]

I am Lovinnnnngggggg this! I have learned so much about the various HBCUs from this roll call!!! We have alot in common too...

[Oh Drama!]

Reared against the eastern sky
Proudly there on hilltop high,
Far above the lake so blue
Stands old Howard firm and true.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN THE HOUSE!!! HU!!!

Class of 92 and since it was soooo goood
Class of 95!

[ambitious1]

GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY CLASS OF 99(SPRING)REPRESENTING THE MIGHTY TIGERS, THE BADDEST BAND AND THE WINNINGEST COACH IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL

"THE PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY IS SOMEBODY"

G-S
G-S
G-S
G-S-U-U-U I THOUGHT YOU KNEW

[This message has been edited by ambitious1 (edited June 06, 2001).]

[Skeelicious1]

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSU
S S S S S SU
Southern University
SPR 89

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Smooches

[Sensible1]

I'm sooooooooooo glad I went to BAMA STATE
The Home of the MIGHTY, MIGHTY, MIGHTYYYYYYY HORNETS.....

ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Montgomery, Alabama
Class of 1984'

[Monique]

DDDDDD UUUUUU DDDDDD U..DILLARD UNIVERSITY BABYYYYYY...

[bellebeaua]

XAVIER UNIVERSITY of Louisiana. What's up to the classes of '00!!! I miss yal!!!

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Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing Well

[AKA2D '91]

Originally posted by Skeelicious1:
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSU
S S S S S SU
Southern University
SPR 89

don't you know me? aren't you?

Welcome Girl!

[Skeelicious1]

Yes, I know you Ms Thang How is your family?
Thanks for the welcome and please continue to do the great job of "regulating" on GC!

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Smooches

[AKA2D '91]

Everyone is doing well!

They say, "hello".

[ambitious1]

Originally posted by nikki25:
Did Jesse Jackson help write your schools motto? (he he) I'm making my own self laugh! I can hear Jesse now: " Repeat after me everybody: I am SOME-BODY"


[This message has been edited by nikk


(edited June 06, 2001).]

As far as I know Mr. Jackson did not write the motto, but if he had that would be a testiment of how well known and prominent GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY really is.

[nikki25]

Originally posted by ambitious1:
As far as I know Mr. Jackson did not write the motto, but if he had that would be a testiment of how well known and prominent GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY really is.

Can we say JOKE? Please don't take my comment seriously...it was all in love and the spirit of trash-talking.

[Diamond007]

Let's be kind and gentle......You know that we joke each others school but we really love them all acquiring the invaluable education that HBCUs offer is like that of no other!!!!!!!!!