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

MARCH 27-APRIL 2, 2003

FRONT
1. Welcome members of AKA
2. Opposition to war mounts
3. New Afrikan Nation Day celebration this weekend
4. A dream gone bad
5. Sheriff leads fight against crime in Claiborne County
6. McComb man gives 20 yrs. in questionable drug conviction
7. Mother says state won’t enforce law
8. JSU students may be deployed
9. Davey Whitney receives resolution

NATION/WORLD
1. Peace activists refuse to retreat because of Iraqi war
2. Teens are turning off the television
3. African American leaders host town hall meeting on affirmative action
4. Website blasted for racial bias

STATE/METRO
1. Unemployment rate jumped up in January
2. Operation Shoestring hosts "Embracing Our Heritage Through Good Health and Nutrition"
3. White supremacist Richard Barrett is puzzled by Trent Lott's attempt to escape segregationist past

EDITORIALS
I. Tisdale Topics - Where are the intellectuals?
2. Attacking Iraq is not a just war, it's just war
3. Black on Black hatred
4. Dear Stanley

PERSPECTIVE
1. Artists organize to protect culture and empower community

EDUCATION
1. Xavier receives $1 million for scholarships for Native Americans
2. JSU raising funds for historic 'Timbuktu' exhibit
3. Tougaloo prepares for 2003 Humanities Festival
4. State Geographic Bee finalist test their skills Apr. 4
5. Martin Luther King, Jr. contest winners

NEWS
1. South Africa activists head for Iraq to be human shield
2. War: What is it good for?
3. Jordan Wells explains award-winning science project
4. Issac Hayes works to save a million lives
5. Vincent Parnell wins first place in the JPS Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech Contest
6- Isaac Hayes works to save a million lives
7. Future of Head Start important
8. Church and school working together for the better

ENTERTAINMENT
1. Dru Hill Single #1 most added at urban radio
2. Brandy makes a bounce back after motherhood
3. The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin is up for four Dove Award nominations
4. Coca-Cola presents the Essence Festival 2003
5. Poetry Corner: He Is by Kehinde Gaynor

ENTERTAINMENT
1. Dru Hill Single #1 most added at urban radio
2. Brandy makes a bounce back after motherhood
3. The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin is up for four Dove Award nominations
4. Coca-Cola presents the Essence Festival 2003
5. Poetry Corner: He Is by Kehinde Gaynor

BOOKSHELF
1. Eden, a novel by Olympia Vernon
2. Such Sweet Thunder
3. Zula Heart by Steven Barnes
4, Gullah Home Cooking the Daufuskie Way
5. Catilda
6. What James Likes Best
7. Daddy Says
8. What Do You Say?
9. Genius 101
10. SpongeBob JokePants
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SPORTS
1. Misfortune and contractual periods impact JSU's Stoglin
2. Lady Tigers to be honored
3. Tigers begin spring practice
4. Alabama State's Jackson named Player of the Year
5. Commission seeks action on sports symbols, profiling
6. The Gary Foundation teams up with Mets' Mo Vaughn

HBCU SPORTS
1. TSU takes early exit from NCAA tourney
2. Hampton's Collins signs multi-year contract as Pirates' head coach
3. South Carolina State falls to Oklahoma in playoffs
4. FAMU's Terrance Woods sets NCAA mark

NATIONAL SPORTS
1. Duncan and Spurs complete sweep on LA
2. Maryland jumps to quick start, ousts Xavier
3. Sixers soar to 16th post Alt-Star victory
4. Butler stuns Louisville to reach first Sweet 16

HEALTH
1. Marijuana: More harmful than we thought: especially for girls
2. ALA to Mississippi offers free lung health information line
3. Cancer genes are inherited from both parents
4. Divorced parents must consider children first
5. Drug companies are working on 123 new treatments for heart diseases and strokes
6. Changing your lifestyle helps to limit weight gains and pains
7. Report shows greater percent of female inmates than male with HIV infection

FOOD
1. What's your plan of a snack?
2. Power Breakfast
3. Facts about these snacks
4. Fast-Break Green Salad
5. TV-Time Baked Apple with Pear & Almond Filling