The novel Next Semester, encompasses a youung man who deals with the second semester of his freshman yeat at Clark atlanta University. In the beginnig, James dawson, J.D, the protagonist struggles with the student body president election becasue this class will decide weather he will get off of accademic probation or not. throughout the middle, he perseveres through the rumors that Howard Hardell spread to ruin J.D's campeign and prepledging for Kappa ferternity. By the end he leared that he could overcome rumors and that he belonged in college instead of on the streets with his "no good" friends. 9 249 pgs/ 249 pgs read) ( )