Black Camerawoman Assaulted at the Republican National Convention

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The Republican National Convention is meeting all week and apparently, racism was intertwined with the meeting. Patricia Carroll was assaulted with peanuts by two attenders and the product of oppression through racial slurs. In an interview with Richard Prince’s Journal-ISMS of the Maynard Institute, Carroll said, she does not want her situation to be used for political advantage. She said, “This situation could happen to me at the Democratic convention or standing on the street corner. Racism is a global issue.”

No one took the names of the attendees who threw peanuts at her on Tuesday after she alerted other camera operators, producers and CNN security. Carroll, who is from Alabama, says she was not surprised. She said, “You come to places like this, you can count the black people on your hand. They see us doing things they don’t think I should do.”

Patricia Carroll ended the interview saying she’s not interested in talking to any other media outlets about the incident.

Source:http://globalgrind.com/news/patricia-carroll-identified-cnn-camerawoman-peanuts-thrown-assaulted-rnc-statement-details

 

A positive Nation’s Football Classic

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A lot will be left on the field this year at the second annual AT&T Nation’s Football Classic as Howard University and Morehouse College meet again. The Howard Bison walked away victorious from 2011’s game.

“With this year’s Classic being the season opener for both teams, the energy and level of play is going to be that more intense”  Howard head football coach Gary Harrell tells nationsfootballclassic.com.

Last year, the first Nation’s Football Classic was the first time in 14 years that the Bison and Tigers shared a field. Morehouse left the nation’s capital not just defeated 30-27 in football, they also lost the inaugural Mordecai Wyatt Johnson – Benjamin E. Mays Student Debate, also known as “The Game Before the Game”.

After winning the first nation’s classic, the HU Bison also won its homecoming game against rival school, North Carolina A&T University, and defeated its number one rival, Hampton University. The constant competition to answer the question “Who is the real HU?” is serious amongst HU Bison and HU Pirates, as both share a number of traditions and a couple similarities, including ‘HU’. “Nothing is as intense as the feeling and emotion on the field at an HU vs. HU game in the 4th quarter with a tied scoreboard” says Chloe Johnson, a senior at Howard University studying Sports Management.

“We’ve been working extremely hard training both our minds and bodies for a high level of competition. The Nation’s Classic is big for us yet it’s just another game. Saturday’s mission is to dominate. As a captain, I am constantly pushing the team to stay focused and positive.” says senior Keith Pough.

Events at the 2011 classic led to the Nation’s Classic Football Trash Talk Facebook page. The page was intended to allow both students and alumni to represent their HBCU, historically black college/university, and to encourage pride. As the quarters of the game passed, and as more of the Bison and Tiger families caught wind of the page, the the uglier posts got. So far so good this year. On the official Nation’s Classic Facebook page nothing more than “GO HU” and  “GoTigers” pop up in comments, cultivating pride and celebrating the friendly rivalry.

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Stillman looks to keep momentum from last season

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Teddy Keaton took Stillman College to a 7-4 record in 2011 in his first season as head coach, an improvement of four victories over the previous season. But Keaton, who previously served on the Stillman staff as an assistant, doesn’t want to rest on last year’s record.

“The history at Stillman is we have a good record every four or five years and then we’d fall back,” Keaton said. “The thing this year is, do we fall back or do we take the next step forward.”

The Tigers return 16 total starters and should have the luxury of depth this season. The question is how well Keaton and his staff can prepare the team to get through the entire season — Stillman lost three of its last four games last season after a 6-1 start.

“Depth is a key impact for us,” Keaton said. “The biggest thing is to try to get them to become mentally tough. The goal is to go 1-0 each week. We want to be consistently consistent. We’ve been, in the last, what I would call consistently inconsistent.”

Stillman has 120 players out for football this fall and had 96 participating in the early part of preseason camp. Keaton wants to identify which players can help the team this season so he can concentrate on building a depth chart.

“What it equals is you have some experience,” Keaton said. “We’re stressing fundamentals. Limiting mistakes is the biggest thing. They do a better job of understanding everything.”

All-America defensive tackle Jeremy Hall, wideout Roger Dixon, running back LaKevin Camp, offensive lineman Robert Weekley, linebacker Larry Harris and safety Robert Crosby are the players Keaton expects to provide leadership. read more…

Aggies moving on to Florida

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After spending two weeks preparing for a game that has now been postponed, Texas A&M has turned the page and its attention to Florida.

With the Aggies’ new season opener scheduled for Sept. 8 at Kyle Field after the original opener against Louisiana Tech, scheduled for Thursday, was postponed to Aug. 13 because of Hurricane Isaac, they closed the book on the Bulldogs and began preparing on Wednesday for the Gators.

“Today we moved on, we moved on to Florida,” Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin said Wednesday during the SEC coaches’ weekly teleconference. “And I think that obviously, our preparation has changed with the postponement of the game and the move of the game back to Oct. 13. So for our guys, it was kind of a bittersweet kind of situation. Guys were ready to play somebody else, they were down a little bit (Tuesday), but as we talked to them about where we are right now, finishing up our preparation for Louisiana Tech yesterday and really moving on to Florida. That’s where our focus is right now.”

According to new Texas A&M athletic director Eric Hyman, who met with reporters at Reed Arena on Wednesday, moving the game to Oct. 13 — which was each team’s open date — was not what either team wanted to do.

“There’s a lot of things that we looked at, the possibilities,” Hyman said. “Our least desirable (option) from the get-go, from their perspective and our perspective was playing the game on Oct. 13.

“We based the decision on the facts that we knew at that time. (Tuesday) morning, it looked good. And then it changed. What it is today? I don’t know. We tried to do what was the right thing to do based on the facts we had at that point in time. We looked at a lot of different possibilities, a lot of different options and none of them came (to fruition).”

Sumlin said he could sense a little bit of a letdown with his team when they got the news on Tuesday.

“I could sense a little bit of letdown (Tuesday) at practice,” Sumlin said. “As I told the coaches, just looking at the coaching staff yesterday, because of all the effort and time you put into something, you kind of build emotionally to play a game. And when you get within 24 hours of leaving to go to play a game, it’s a little bit of a letdown. read more…

TYLER PERRY STAR WILL SPEAK AT TALLADEGA COLLEGE

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The Talladega College fall semester has been off to a great start with a record enrollment of freshmen plus new and exciting ventures. The college’s Opening Convocation is scheduled for next Thursday, September 6 at 10 a.m. in the Tornado Alley Gymnasium on the campus.  The featured speaker of the event is Lamman Rucker.

Rucker is commonly known to audiences as “Will” on Tyler Perry’s sitcom, “Meet the Browns.” He has also played as “Chase,” Mona’s boyfriend on UPN’s “Half & Half.”  Rucker has been on numerous television shows, “As The World Turns,” “All My Children,” and “Law & Order.”  Rucker is not only a movie and TV favorite, but he’s appeared on the Broadway stage; he won a 2002 Audelco nomination for his role of “Jason” in Euripedes’ “Medea.” Audiences also know Rucker as the husband of Jill Scott’s character in Tyler Perry’s motion pictures, “Why Did I Get Married,” and “Why Did I Get Married Too.”

Rucker is an educated and accomplished actor.  He is a graduate of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC; he earned an NFAA Presidential Scholarship in the Arts nomination. He had drama and musical theatre training at the Carnegie Mellon University, a full scholarship to the Berkshire Theatre Festival; and he has a Master’s degree in Education. He also is a founding member of the ensemble, Black Gents of Hollywood, a Los Angeles based all black male theatre company whose play “Black Angels Over Tuskegee” is earning nationwide attention. read more…

DSU partnership kicks off statewide tour to support small business

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Private businesses, Delaware State University and The City of Milford has formed a ground-breaking alliance and formed First State Moves the Nation, a small business accelerator that will offer two-hour to half-day sessions to various groups, associations and organizations. Custom tailored programs will also be made available.

While small business owners provide more than 70 percent of all new jobs, in the stalled economy most businesses aren’t growing or making jobs. Delaware’s economy is listed as seventh from the last in the nation as business friendly.

That’s not good enough for Sher Valenzuela, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Small Business Person of the Year for Delaware, and the accelerator’s private business partner.

“Business owners don’t need to wait for an economy to improve to take control of their economic destiny, or to keep dollars and jobs in Delaware,” Valenzuela said.

Valenzuela is currently completing a book that will serve as a small business resource for business growth. She’s been called on by the state for years to speak to, train and support existing small businesses and start-ups in Delaware.

Although running for lieutenant governor in November, Valenzuela will remain available to support Delaware’s small businesses. To meet that growing need, she’s joined with Dr. Michael Casson, director of Delaware State University’s Center for Economic Development and International Trade of Delaware State University.

The speaking tour is a precursor to the First State Moves the Nation small business accelerator which the team is developing at Delaware State University. read more…

Jackson State Develops Hurricane Model

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Isaac is giving a team at Jackson State University the opportunity to test a tracking model that can predict a storm’s path with accuracy comparable to the National Weather Service.

The National Weather Service predicts storms’ paths using real time data.

The director of JSU’s Trent Lott Geospatial and Visualization Research Center tells The Clarion-Ledger the JSU model takes a statistical approach using about 100 years’ worth of historical data, including the previous paths of storms and the conditions that contributed to those storms.

The predicted path can be updated every two minutes, which is faster than models used by the National Weather Service. read more…

Charlotte mayor, police chief feeling fashionable for DNC

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Looks like Charlotte’s mayor and the local police chief will be sporting new suits for the Democratic National Convention.

Cary Mitchell, a locally based custom clothier and marketing consultant, recently helped Mayor Anthony Foxx and Rodney Monroe, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, with fittings aimed at elevating their style quotient. Mitchell, a Johnson C. Smith University alum, counts golfer Tiger Woods and future baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. among his past clients. He also helped design the Charlotte Bobcats’ original uniforms.

“The thing I’m excited about is that they both called me,” Mitchell says. For the mayor and the police chief, Mitchell went for a modern, up-to-date look. read more…

TRiO Talent Search College Search

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TRiO Talent Search participants from Hopkins County Central High School, Madisonville North Hopkins High School, Muhlenberg County High School, and Crittenden County High School recently had an informative and exciting trip to Nashville, Tennessee. The trip included tours of Tennessee State University and Belmont University which encouraged students to consider the opportunities that are offered from these two universities. Touring the two universities provided the participants with a comparison when choosing a college to attend upon their high school graduation.

Nashville, appropriately nicknamed “Music City”, is described as the center of the music industry. Students enjoyed a backstage tour of the historic Ryman Auditorium, which was once home of the Grand Ole Opry, and also toured the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Then, students toured the popular RCA Studio B, which is where over 1,000 hit songs from acts such as Dolly Parton, the Everly Brothers, and Elvis Presley were recorded. After dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe, students were treated to a ‘haunted’ walking tour of Nashville where they were told ‘ghost tales’ of days past by a tour guide dressed in historic costume.

Students also got a glimpse into what life was like in the 1800’s as they toured the Hermitage, the sprawling estate of President Andrew Jackson and his wife, Rachel. Tour guides, dressed in historic fashion, helped recreate what life was like for the President and his family. Touring the mansion, students saw the original artwork, furniture, wallpaper and personal items of the Jackson family. By taking a walking tour of the grounds, students visited the slave cabins and the Hermitage garden where President Jackson and his wife, as well as other family members, are buried.

MCC TRiO Talent Search middle school participants from Hopkins County, Muhlenberg County, and Crittenden County Schools recently traveled to Bowling Green, Kentucky for a fun and informative trip. Students took a walking tour of Western Kentucky University led by Chris George, WKU Student Support Services Director.

A popular attraction in the western Kentucky area is the Bowling Green Assembly Plant, home of the Corvette. From start to finish, students observed the ‘birth’ of a Corvette and how each car is assembled. Guided tours of the facility also informed the students of the history of the Corvette as well as explained the mechanics of this popular American made car.

TRiO Talent Search is a federally funded program for middle and high school students in Crittenden, Hopkins and Muhlenberg counties. The office is located at Madisonville Community College; staff includes Wes Ausenbaugh, Corey Downey, Marcia Evans and Anna Leasure. read more…

Tammy Hamlet, FAMU events director arrested on charges of travel expense, per diem fraud

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Tammy Hamlet, Florida A&M University’s director of university events, has been charged with eight misdemeanor counts of fraudulently claiming per diem and travel expenses.

Hamlet, 45, surrendered at the Leon County Jail on Monday night.

An investigation coinducted by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement found she falsely claimed $1,821 in school-related travel expenses.

The issue was discovered during an ongoing investigation into the finances related to FAMU’s Marching 100 band, but the charges against her are not related to the band.

The expenses are related to trips taken in 2010 and 2011.

Hamlet has been released on bail and her arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 18.

Clark Atlanta University to Offer Course on Michael Jackson

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Clark-Atlanta University takes a modern approach to education and taps into the legacy of the Michael Jackson as both a successful businessman and pop icon. Prominent entertainment attorney, James Walker, will teach the class, “Micheal Jackson: The Business of Music,” concentrating on a curriculum that focuses on Jackson’s approach to business, from how he worked with record companies, tours, and legally marketing himself in terms of copyrights and trademarks. According to Walker, “The goal is to help students who have an interest or future desire to work in the entertainment industry whether as an artist, attorney, business manager, accountant or other…[and] to really provide my students with a comprehensive understanding of the music industry and the business mechanics involved.” Clark-Atlanta University will become the first to offer a class on the legendary pop singer.

James Walker, along with being well versed in the industry, runs a successful law practice, and authored the bestselling book, “The Business of Urban Music.” His offices are located in Monroe, Connecticut, and Atlanta, Georgia. Referenced from VIBE

5 HBCU’s Multi-million dollar grant to help veterinary medicine program

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The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a grant of $2,153,184 to Tuskegee University. The funds are part of more than $26 million awarded to five institutions under the Historically Black Graduate Institutions program. Charles R. Drew University in Los Angeles; Georgia Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta; Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.; and Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta were also grant recipients. Tuskegee’s funds will be used to support the graduate veterinary medicine program.

Tsegaye Habtemariam, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health, said the two-year grant will be effective Oct. 1. He said the funds will help support the college’s graduate and professional education programs. The grant will be used to improve student support services and provide equipment as well as fund faculty salaries and student scholarships.

Habtemariam said the student support services part of the grant is particularly important and it will help pay for faculty and staff tutorials designed to help retain students in the programs. He said the training covers topics such as academic support and financial management for students who may be struggling to cover the cost of graduate education.

“We want to minimize attrition and maximize retention,” Habtemariam said. Referenced from Tuskegee 

TSU Scientists Lead National Study on Food Safety Knowledge among Older Adults

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A recent study by researchers at TSU, in collaboration with RTI International, a worldwide research and development firm, suggests that the elderly and their caregivers may not be getting the food safety education they need to implement safe cooking and eating practices.

As a result, the study shows older adults, along with pregnant women, young children and immune-compromised individuals, face a higher risk of severe illness from foodborne pathogens than the rest of the population.

The study, headed by TSU’s Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences, Dr. Sandria L. Godwin, was conducted using focus groups with 55 people who work with older adults, including doctors, nurses, home healthcare providers and relative caregivers. It found that most participants lacked training and knowledge regarding safe food practices for the elderly.

The results of the study, published recently in “Educational Gerontology,” also suggest that some healthcare providers may not be equipped to educate older adults about how to avoid foodborne illness.

While physicians and physicians’ assistants had received training in diagnosis and treatment of foodborne illness, they were not trained in preventative measures for older adults, the study found. Registered nurses and nurse practitioners received no foodborne illness training.  Some home health providers had received formal instruction in safe cooking and food preparation, while others had not. read more

Joe Sestak to Lead Seminar in Ethical Leadership at Cheyney University

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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania students attending the seminar “Special Topics: Ethical Leadership” this fall will have a unique educational experience on campus. Co-taught by former Congressman Joe Sestak and Cheyney University professor, Dr. Bradley Jay Buchner, the 400-level course combines sociology and political science to explore topics of leadership in the current sociopolitical environment. Held on Wednesdays from 6-8:30 pm, the course is of great relevance in this election year. Spaces are still available for interested persons who would like to register, including visiting students from other institutions and non degree-seeking students can enroll through the continuing education program. To enroll, contact Admissions at 610 399-2275. The first class begins on August 29.

Born and raised in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Sestak graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1974. He served 31 years in the U.S. Navy, attaining the rank of 3-star Admiral. After retiring from the Navy, Sestak was elected to Congress to represent Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, where he served through 2010. According to the Office of the House Historian, Sestak is the highest-ranking former military officer ever elected to office in either branch, where he served in the Armed Services, and the Education and Labor Committee, and as Vice Chairman of the Small Business Committee.  Read More 

Reigning MEAC Champs Look to Continue Success in 2012

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The 2012 season holds much promise for the Norfolk State University men’s cross country team.  With five letterwinners returning to the team, the Spartans hope to win their fifth straight conference championship this season.

NSU welcomes back a trio of All-MEAC runners including senior Vincent Rono and juniors Nathnael Meseret andDamtew Adnew.  Rono finished sixth at the 2011 MEAC Championship.  He ran a personal best time of 25:46 at the Great American Cross Country Festival.  Meseret placed fifth at the 2011 MEAC Championship with a running time of 26:22.49.  His top time of 25:41earned him a third-place finish at the Great American Cross Country Festival.  Adnew finished 13th at last year’s conference meet.

Senior Kameron George also returns to the Spartans.  He finished 22nd at the 2011 MEAC Championship.  His top time of 27:20 last season also came at the Great American Cross Country Festival.

NSU lost Josef Tessema and Philemon Kimutai from last season.  Tessema won the 2011 MEAC Championship with a time of 25:24.  Kimutai was a three-time All MEAC runner who placed 10th at last year’s MEAC Championship.  Even though the Spartans lost one of their top runners in Tessema, head coach Kenneth Giles is confident that some of the incoming talent such as junior Kipchirchir Kiptoo, a transfer from Ole Miss, will make an immediate impact.  Kiptoo was named to the SEC all-freshman team and he ran a season-best 8K time of 25:16.72 at the 2011 Greater Louisville Classic. Read Full

Howard University Head Football Coach to Speak on The HBCU Buzz Show

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Gary Harrell, Head Coach for the Howard University Bison Football team, will be speaking on the first HBCU Buzz Show.

Coach Harrell is entering into his second season with Howard University as the head coach for the Bison football program. Affectionately known as “The Flea,” Harrell was a favorite for his calculating and precise on-field exploits. He ranks in the top five all-time in school history for receiving and punt returns. Harrell was a four-year letter winner as a wide receiver and punt return specialist at Howard University.

Tune in LIVE from 6-7pm today to hear what Coach Harrell has in store for the season opener this Saturday at the Nation’s Football Classic vs. Morehouse!