Legal Notices, Classifieds, and Up and Down Farish Street (chronicles the history of Jackson, MS) are published in each issue of the Jackson Advocate

FRONT
1. MLK celebration
2. Harvey determined as ever after being abducted
3. Lumumba files complain with police chief over arrests
4. Farrakhan delivers warning to Britain and US
5. Support grows from death row’s Foster
6. ‘I’m not a klansman,’ Warren County runner-up for constable declares

NATION/WORLD
1. Post office salutes Zora Neale Hurston
2. Postal commission should not recommend privatization
3. What’s in a name in NC? The ‘N-word’

STATE/METRO
1. AMR cheered for bringing elders “Home for the Holiday”
2. Bob Owens, one of Mississippi’s best attorney’s
3. Jackson loses blues museum to citizens

EDITORIALS
1. Strike three
2. Open letter to President Bush
3. Trent Lot is human
4. Let the sunshine in
5. Thank goodness for CSPAN, black media

PERSPECTIVE
1. Lott is not the only one who doesn’t get it!
2. The Central Park jogger case: Guilty until proven innocent
3. Black nationalism and power
4. We must become “ungovernable”

HEALTH
1. Study reveals many preschoolers don’t know when and how to wash their hands
2. Sleep could be key to weight management
3. Surviving Child Trust offers hope to Africa’s AIDS orphans
4. How about an eye exam for your New Year’s resolution?
5. Remember: Nutrient in eggs may help memory

EDUCATION
1. Community service projects in Africa teaches students the value of helping preserve village life
2. Life Star at HCC
3. Several Zeta Phi Zeta Sorority, Inc. of Alpha Delta Beta Chapter debutantes awarded scholarships

BOOKSHELF
1. Slave quilts offer clues to unwritten past
2. Classic tales and new voices from the frontiers of adventure
3. African American travel guide to hot, exotic, and fun-filled places
4. Animal Train
5. Rexerella
6. If a Bus Could Talk

ENTERTAINMENT
1. Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings release Freedom: A History of US
2. Darryle Dorsey Smith: The long road home, A talk with the singer, composer, and keyboardist

NEWS
1. Barbara Mason turns 70
2. Delta Academy 2003 kicks off
3. Micro-Enterprise Conference to be held in Jackson, Jan. 9-10
4. Young filmmakers eyeing Mississippi

SPORTS
1. Few happy over Bell as JSU’s new coach
2. Black coaches applaud UCLA and Saint Mary’s
3. The Smashing Machine: The life and times of Mark Kerr

HBCU SPORTS
1. 2003 HBCU composite football scores and standings
2. Rams win second in a row in double OT
3. Melvin Whitaker declared ineligible for basketball
4. Bethune-Cookman’s Mathis honored
5. Ken Schoolfield receives interview from JSU
6. Five SIAC players make Daktronics All-South region team
7. Lincoln University inks radio broadcasting deal
8. Grambling State’s women suffer loss in hoops action

NATIONAL SPORTS
1. Pro Sports Scoreboard
2. Pistons wax Wizards, 87-82
3. Parcells has meeting with Cowboys’ Jones
4. Different treatment could have saved player
5. Shaquille weds in private company
6. UCLA hires Broncos assistant as coach

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET
Plaudits and predictions. That’s the menu we offer our faithful readers this first week of the new year. That, and an occasional glance at a pertinent question or two is the meat of this meal. Then, questions from Uleta Cole a South Jackson resident.
on Down the Line!

HOMELAND DEFENSE
1. Iraq shoots down U.S. aircraft
2. Increased enemy activity reported
3. Bush speaks to the people of Iran
4. Inspectors talk with Iraqi experts
5. America salutes Ashely Mitchell
6. Du Bois: Is war with Iraq inevitable?
7. N. Korea concerns United Nations
8. Coalition in Florida county wants to protect freedoms
9. Activists planning anit-war protests
10. Agustin Ruiz receives M-16 weapon qualifications under the direction of Jeffrey King