As Alabama State University freshmen students endured August heat to audition Wednesday for a spot in Alabama State University’s Mighty Marching Hornets, a film crew for an internet television channel captured their nerves, sweat and excitement. The filming was for a miniseries that aims to capture for a national audience the marching band culture that has been a tradition among black colleges in the South.
The miniseries, titled “Magic Before the Classic,” is set to follow the rivalry between the Mighty Marching Hornets and the Alabama A&M University’s Marching Maroon and White Band as they prepare to face off during the Battle of the Bands competition at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center on Oct. 26, the night before the Magic City Classic football game.
Alabama State University’s March Band Director Dr. James B. Oliver says the band, which is expected to have around 300 members this year, will greatly benefit from their participation in the project.
“The miniseries is an opportunity for us to do something for ourselves, gives us the chance to market the university and show kids that band is an option for them,” said Oliver.
Oliver says he also hopes the miniseries might help cast a positive light after the hazing death of a Florida A&M Drum Major made headlines in December of last year. Referenced from Al
College is expensive, and students are faced with tuition costs and additional financial obligations associated with attending college. These costs can overwhelm both parent and student, but a company based in Washington, D.C. is offering their money savings e-commerce platform to all HBCU supporters.
HBCU Daily Deals is essentially 105 daily deal sites (each HBCU has its own site). The company is offering 50-90 percent off restaurants, spas, entertainment, shopping, and further products to students and others, and looking for students and alumni in each HBCU city/town to sign up. Its core objective is to bring cost savings to the students and others, and freely gives a percentage of each sale to students in need of financial assistance.
Launched in February 2012, HBCU Daily Deals is starting to roll-out their localized deals around the 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the nation. The site does free giveaways periodically, and helps promote the importance of the HBCUs to high school students.
“HBCU Daily Deals wants to help economic development around each HBCU by featuring local businesses and working with them to offer deals on HBCUDailyDeals.com. This will help them grow their customer base,” said founder Ty DeBellotte. “The company is offering a great affiliate program (sign-up by sending an email to affiliates@hbcudailydeals.com) that will allow individuals and groups with blogs and websites to monetize off its e-commerce platform as well.”
HBCUDailyDeals.com is currently offering a National Deal this week. For 35 dollars, people who sign up with the site can buy a magazine subscription from one of the 650 best-selling publications, including People, TIME, and Sports Illustrated. Subscribers will receive a free $200 eCertificate from www.restaurant.com which can be redeemed at over 18,000 restaurants across the country.
“Student needs are unique and we keep those in mind to best cater to their needs. HBCUDailyDeals.com will work 24/7 on your behalf to negotiate discounts with popular businesses in the vicinity of your campus”, DeBellotte said. “We send the deals to our subscribers and we send businesses a ton of new customers. This is a tremendous treat for you or as a gift to friends and family—there is literally something here for everyone. ”
HBCU Buzz announced Monday, August 6, 2012 Tommy Meade Jr. as its new Editor in Chief for the 2012-2013 year. He succeeds Virginia Union University alumni Michael Livingston II, who took over the position October 2011.
As HBCU Buzz’s Editor in Chief, Meade will serve as a liaison to readers, write weekly columns, and uplift as he climb—helping mold, develop, and mature current and future HBCU Buzz Staff Writers, and readers while he learn from miss-takes and adversity at the same time.
Meade is a junior at Central State University (Ohio) majoring in Journalism who believes in service to humanity. He is a Student Ambassador, English Tutor, mentor, and a diligent friend who values giving back more so than self-achievement. Meade is also actively involved on the yard, serving his community as Secretary of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. and Student African American Brotherhood. He is formerly a Staff Writer for HBCU Buzz.
Like his predecessor, Meade’s goal in his new role is continuing HBCU Buzz’s establishment as the number one source for news, commentary, and events for the Black college student community. Moreover, he plans to shed light on positive, appropriate, and significant news in the Black community that often goes untold.
One of the students, Nigena Hamim, stated his goal in life, he said, “I have a dream of fighting ethnic divisions in my country and I am encouraged to realize my vision…After all, I believe that I was born at a time like this to serve and develop my community.” He already has a communal dream that he plans to further during his study at Morehouse.
Strive Masiyiwam, philanthropist and businessman is sending ten students that will start this fall on full scholarships and Hamim is one of them. Masiyiwam is confident in the education that Morehouse will give to these students. He says, “What I want to see coming from the student who comes out of the Morehouse system is a much more confident, self-assured, more complete young man who is not struggling to find out who he is in the world,”
“Mr. Masiyiwa and his wife really have a heart for seeing talented students who have leadership potential go get the best education in the world and then come back to Africa to lead the kind of changes they want to see on the African continent They hope the young men will bring the kinds of 21st -century management, leadership, social justice, civic engagement, all those things Morehouse provides, back to the
continent to lead Africa into the 21st century.” said Philip Howard ’87, vice president for Institutional Advancement.
One of the students, Abel Gumbom, says, “I expect Morehouse to help me become the agent of positive change in the community and in people’s lives,” All of these young men want to be a catalyst for change. William Bynum, vice president for Student Services; and Kevin Williams ’85, dean of Admissions, flew to Zimbabwe to interview the 20 students in June. “All of them, without fail, talked about returning home to do something related to their fields to improve the conditions of their fellow countrymen,” said Bynum. “I’m very excited about these young men. They are academically talented, driven, and once they make that cultural adjustment, the sky’s the limit on what they can achieve.”
The students arrived in Atlanta on Aug. 5, four days before New Student Orientation, so they can adjust to their new surroundings. All will have American roommates in the College’s Dubois International House residence hall.
Spelman College officials will observe the Morehouse program this year as Masiyiwa will send 10 female students to Spelman next year.
You can view the original link on Morehouse’s website here: http://www.morehouse.edu/news/archives/002410.html
We tallied more than 1.8 million votes cast by EBONY.com visitors for the Queen of their choice. The results? The 10 Queens with the most votes not only represent their colleges and universities well, they also serve as great role models who are conscious of their communities, resolute in their beliefs, dedicated to their goals and committed to the importance of education. For the third year, we’ve taken these representatives of the HBCU royalty and transformed them into the Ultimate Queens, courtesy of our fabulous “glam squads,” including stylist to the stars, Oscar James. Take a look at these exceptional young women. We think you will agree: They definitely can rule the world–and probably will!
MEET OUR EBONY CAMPUS QUEENS WINNERS! (in no particular order):
Mea Ashley, Miss Jackson State University, Mass Communications/Spanish, 21
Janae Roberts, Miss Tougaloo College, Chemistry, 22
Eyden Thomas, Miss Hampton University, Sociology, 22
Mia Holmes, Miss Xavier University of Louisiana, Biology/Pre-Denistry, 21
NaKena Cromartie, Miss Florida A&M University (FAMU), Accounting, 23
Alexandria Wilson, Miss Tuskegee University, Political Science, 21
Erika Grant, Miss Delaware State University, Accounting, 21
Harmony Cross, Miss North Carolina Central University, Public Administration, 21
Kea’ya Reeves, Miss Fort Valley State University, Criminal Justice, 22
Barbara Henry, Miss Fayetteville University, Criminal Justice/Accounting, 21
Arthur Williams, a senior, business major with a marketing concentration from Atlanta, Ga. is a 2012 recipient of The National Black McDonald’s Operators Association scholarship. Dr. Christine Crawford, director of operations/owner of seven McDonald’s franchises presented Williams with thescholarship at reception held at the 1831 Georgia Avenue location in North Augusta, SC on Tuesday.
Williams is the first employee from any of Crawford’s franchises to be awarded the $1,000 scholarship.
“This scholarship will be really helpful towards my collegiate education,” he said. Williams is a full-time student, full-time employee and a commuter student.
Crawford attests to his hard working character and business prowess.
“Arthur is great. He’s very much a gentleman and a scholar,” said Crawford. “He started with us in February 2010 and within six months he was promoted to the position of shift manager.”
Williams is actively involved at Paine College as a member of the Marketing Club, Business Club, Rotaract Club, International Students Association and Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE). He aspires to one day become an entertainment lawyer.
His experience at McDonald’s and knowledge acquisition from Paine has come full circle.
“As a business major, I’m able to apply what I learn at Paine to the work I perform here at McDonald’s,” Williams said.
Williams is preparing for his final semester at Paine College.
About the National Black McDonald’s Operators Association
The National Black McDonald’s Operators Association (NBMOA) is a self-help organization, established for the purpose of working together for the improvement and betterment of each and every African American McDonald’s franchise owner, supplier, and African American society as a whole. It is the largest and most successful organization for African American franchisees in the country. Today, members of the NBMOA own nearly 1,300 McDonald’s restaurants throughout the United States, South Africa and the Caribbean with annual sales of membership exceeding $3 billion.
For more information about the National Black McDonald’s Operators Association (NBMOA) visit http://www.nbmoa.org.
For more information, please contact the Office of Communications and Marketing at 706.396.7591 or 678.215.8576 or Ncarter@paine.edu.
Photo caption: From Left to Right: Delores Crawford, Arthur Williams and Christine Crawford
LONDON (AP/WAVY) – Former Norfolk State University sprinter Chris Brown placed second in his semifinal heat of the men’s 400 meters Sunday to earn a spot in Monday’s final at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Brown is running in his third Olympics.
Brown, , ran a season-best time of 44.67 seconds. He was just edged out by defending world champion Kirani James (44.59) for the top spot in heat 2. Brown had the third-fastest time of the eight runners who qualified for Monday’s final, trailing only James and Lalonde Gordon of Trinidad & Tobago (44.58 in heat 1).
This is the second straight Olympic 400m final for Brown. He finished fourth in 2008 in Beijing (44.84). He was just edged out for a medal by David Neville of the USA (44.80), whose head-first dive at the finish line dropped Brown from bronze medal position to fourth. Brown, who earned All-America honors at NSU in 2000 and 2001, did go on to anchor the silver medal-winning Bahamian 4×400 relay team.
Monday’s final is slated to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET (9:30 p.m. London time). It will air on WAVY-TV Monday evening. from WAVY-TV
Three North Carolina Central University students are participating this summer in the EarthScope project, a vast nationwide effort aimed at developing a broad understanding of the formation and structure of the North American continent.
The NCCU students — Philip Martin, James Howard and Thomas Horne — are seeking suitable locations in North Carolina and southern Virginia for 25 USArray seismic stations. The USArray component of EarthScope consists of 400 seismic stations that are deployed in a grid about 75 kilometers apart and transmit data for two years before moving to the next location.
The project began a decade ago in the West, and is now reaching the East Coast. Gordana Vlahovic, associate professor in the NCCU Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences, and post-doctoral associate Pierre Arroucau are overseeing the NCCU portion of the project, which is funded by the National Science Foundation. Last year, EarthScope was named “the most epic project in the universe” by Popular Science magazine’s website www.popsci.com
“We think of EarthScope as being like a telescope, only instead of looking up we’re looking down,” Vlahovic said. “We’re looking very deep into the earth to understand more about it.” Each USArray station includes instruments to continuously sense, record, and transmit ground motions from a wide range of seismic sources — local and distant earthquakes, artificial explosions, volcanic eruptions and other natural and human-induced activities.
“Distant earthquakes are like X-rays of the earth,” Vlahovic said. They transmit a wide frequency range of seismic waves through the Earth, and differences in arrival time tell us about the structure.”
The ideal sites for the stations are far from roads, railroads and other sources of noise that can interfere with seismic signals. They must have good cell phone reception so that data can be transmitted in real time, and the sites must belong to landowners willing to host the station for two years. Each station is about the size of a large refrigerator, containing instruments locked inside a vault and powered by solar panels.
“We look for sites in the middle of nowhere, but with good access,” said Vlahovic. Martin, one of the three students, said finding ideal sites has been a challenge. “There’s less middle-of-nowhere in North Carolina than you’d think,” he said. “We like to be at least 3 kilometers from a big highway and at least 1 kilometer from a local two-lane road. It’s hard to find a site without multiple crisscrossing highways.
“The golden ticket is a private landowner with enough land that you can get away from houses, trees and roads,” said Martin, a master’s student in earth science specializing in seismology. The general approach to finding a site said, was to first scan aerial and satellite photos of a given region to locate large roadless areas — usually on farms — and then use tax records to identify the owner.
More often than not, though, large tracts of farmland turned out to be owned by corporations, not local families. “There’s a lot of red tape involved in getting permission to use the site for two years or more,” Martin he said.
Martin, Howard and Horne prepared for the project by attending four days of training in May at the University of Pittsburgh, where they learned criteria for site selection, how to use GPS and GIS software and how to talk to landowners about hosting the stations. Since then, they have been driving 1,000 or more miles each week searching for the sites.
The information gathered from the seismic stations will have practical applications, Vlahovic said. “The geology of the Eastern and Central U.S. is very complicated,” she said, “and there is little understanding of big earthquakes in the region. They’re infrequent but they can be big.” An 1886 earthquake caused widespread damage and killed dozens of people in Charleston, S.C., and a series of earthquakes in southeastern Missouri in late 1811 and early 1812 were the strongest ever recorded anywhere in the East or Midwest. from NCCU
ASU’s marching band will showcase their road to the Magic City Classic in October with a partnership with NBTV Live Media Network with the mini series “Magic Before the Classic.”
Filming, which started August 5, 2012, will begin their journey at the start of the band’s preseason camp and run all the way to the first “Battle of the Bands” between ASU and Alabama A&M at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Friday, October 26, the night before the Magic City Classic football game.
“I am truly excited about this deal,” says band director James Oliver. “It is a major accomplishment for the band program and our great university.”
The agreement will net the ASU program $125,000 over a five-year period, in addition to royalties from online sales.
Funds from the show will be used to support the Marching Band program.
About NBTV
NBTV is an online news and information delivery service, headquartered in Atlanta. With worldwide bureaus, NBTV is promoted as the first 24-hour online broadcasting network in the world.
Gabby Douglas has caught the attention of the top HBCU (Historically Black College & Univ.) in the nation: Spelman College!
The all-girls school has spoken very highly of our high-flying Gabby, and sent the 16-year-old Olympic Champion well wishes on her two gold medals in gymnastics.
“A young woman who has demonstrated the drive and discipline needed to achieve world-class excellence is likely to have what it takes to be successful at Spelman, and we would welcome her interest in the college.”
Spelman wastes no time! Also included with their statement was a special gift bag; so they obviously know that swag always sways your mind!
Many notable people have graduated from the illustrious Atlanta-based institution and Gabby would be joining that long list of successful collegiate women! It looks like she already fits right in. Congratulations Gabby. Read more:
Ms. Shannon Eastin, a referee from the HBCU’s MEAC, is making history as the first female to referee in an NFL game when she serves as line judge in the Green Bay Packers preseason game against the Chargers in San Diego.
Eastin, a 17-year veteran as a football referee, has spent the last four working in the MEAC amongst Norfolk State, Hampton, Howard, Florida A&M, South Carolina State, and North Carolina A&T to name a few.
”I believe I am ready,” said Eastin. ”I’m a realistic person and I know what is realistic for me. I am not going to play football. I feel it is realistic for me to officiate. I make myself ready for any opportunity that comes my way. I will come in with my eyes wide open.”
Packer’s players, many whom were surprised, seemed to not mind the change in the tradition of referees.
“Female, male, dog, cat, as long as they’re calling the right calls and they know what they’re doing out there, it really doesn’t matter,” tight end Jermichael Finley told FOXSportsWisconsin.com in an exclusive interview. “It’s a person. She’ll see the same things as a man. She knows how to blow the whistle the same way. It’s going to be something weird to see, but you deal with it and just roll.”
“I think it’s pretty cool,” Packers running back Brandon Saine said. “I grew up in a predominantly female household. I was raised by my grandmother and my mother and I have two sisters. Women have always been a huge part of my life and I’m always going to be supportive of anything like that.”
To see Eastin in action catch the game Thursday August 9, 2012 at 8pm on ESPN.
Have you heard seen or read about the great, grand and gracious history of American Baptist College? Since 1924, ABC has trained leaders for Christian service and social justice leadership in the world through experiential and interdisciplinary education. ABC facilitated students that were prolific apparatuses in the civil rights movement in the 1960’s. ABC has graduated the most persons from any college that are active in social justice.
Brian Cash, is the senior class representative of SGA at American Baptist College, last year’s Baptist Student Union President, and an assistant to the Director of Library services. His also the college Pastor at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee, a church that has been instrumental in the lives of many Tennessee State University students in many ways. The church provides students with financial help, spiritual guidance, nourishment, counseling and help in many other areas. He is from Cleveland, Ohio and there he is a part of “Preachers with Purpose”, an organization that promotes spiritual, communal, and economic development. He is also a part of the transportation team of the National Baptist Convention Inc.
He says, “American Baptist College transforms my capacity to think critically about life and the society I live in. It has transformed me into a critical thinker.” It is evident that he is glad to be a student at an HBCU and he applauds the service that HBCU’s give to students every year despite economic challenges. He also said, “When comparing an HBCU to a regular college, I believe that HBCU’s enhance a four year experience. I wish HBCU’s had funds to make my superior experiences even better.”
Since he is a sought after Counselor, I asked him if he had any advice to HBCU students. He profoundly stated, “Embrace the newness of life. Keep your mind open to new things, meet new people and embrace diversity. Never participate in exclusion, which leads marginalization and oppression.”
During her tenure at Tennessee State University a focus that Dr. Portia Shileds has been adament about is her dedication to physical activity and the well being of her students, whether it’s in running in the mornings with incoming freshmen or walking the indoor track. Earlier this year when Tennessee State commited to rennovating Hale stadium for the 2012 football season Dr. Shields ran into a slight problem once construction begun- she no longer had a place to do her daily walking exercise.
To remedy this problem the ever innovative Dr. Shields took to walking around the campus along a specific path. In order to help promote awarness of a new way to temporarily workout until the Hole was completed, activity signs were erected announcing “Portia Shields Walking Trail” to draw attention to the trail that she had begun walking, in hopes of getting students to join in on the exercise so she could interact with her students in the midst of working out.
Since the trail has came into existence many students have understandably been confused about the meaning of the trail and it’s purpose throughout the campus. Some students thought that the trail was a way for Dr. Shields to “leave her mark” on TSU before her term as interm president comes to a close. Others simply were at a loss to the multipule signs having any purpose at all. In the end though the signs do serve a purpose, as well a way for Madame President to leave her mark; one decreasesd waist line at a time.
Brian Louis, right, with his IPO partner, Jason Coles
Ever had the privilege of stepping a stiletto or sneaker on Howard University, better known as the “Black Mecca’s,” campus? Arriving in D.C. and on Howard’s pristine grass isn’t a much different experience than visiting other historical black colleges and universities, most of which are located in rough neighborhoods or in unpopulated country sides throughout the South and the DMV. But it isn’t the historic buildings or storied alumni that separate the “real” HU from other HBCUs and elevates them to national ranking lists. It’s their legion of students, who exit that campus with a confidence that is almost unparalleled. Most of them believe that with Howard’s symbol on their degrees, they can conquer the world.
Brian Louis, Howard University School of Business alum, has secured a fashion cape around his neck and descended on the DMV with IPO Lifestyle, a fashion brand created in 2009. Sitting in his business courses with other future leaders and shakers, Louis knew one thing was certain: He never wanted to be limited in what he was capable of accomplishing with his degree.
In a voice filled with strength and wisdom he explains, “I had the mindset in school that I didn’t want a cap to be put on my income. When you work for others, there’s a cap on what you can make. I wanted to go into a field where there wasn’t that cap while also making a difference in my community and the people I represent.”
In an effort to reach the intellectual, creative and innovative college crowd who “make a bold statement when walking out of the door,” Louis partnered with another student, Jason Coles, to launch IPO with a grassroots movement, reminiscent of President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Their preliminary goal was to saturate the college clothing market with a unique product that their target demographic would be interested in.
“From our models to the way our websites look to our designs in general, we really wanted to be different. One thing that we noticed was that other brands targeted toward college students were very gaudy and logo-driven. So, we wanted to give the consumer another option with IPO.”
Determined to think outside-the-box, Louis and Coles sat in an office together and analyzed their competition until they figured out how to be different in their lane. Then, the duo focused their attention on propelling IPO from an idea into a profitable venture. This required sacrifice, dedication and lots of business savvy.
Professional models dressed in IPO Lifestyle
“I gained the capital by seeking out small investments with a lot of my peers,” Louis explains. “I received short-term funding from a lot of people we went to school with and we were working age, so we put up a lot of our capital ourselves.”
But there are hundreds of clothing lines targeted toward college students. From popular Abercrombie to expensive Billionaire Boys Club, these brands are established and frequented among students. Realizing this, Louis and Coles chose to brand IPO by relating themselves to a charitable cause and remaining true to their unique path.
“We did an all-black everything campaign where we brought attention to the nonprofit, Invisible Children,” he says. “We’ve been paying homage to our stories with IPO. All of our pieces tell a story of where we come from. For instance, the D.C. Flag collection that we’re promoting right now … we were founded in the D.C. Our motto is “Birds of a feather flock together,” so we have shirts with some semblance of that. The feather is our logo. We take it as a sign of intelligence. Early thinkers, like Thomas Jefferson, always used a feather in writing laws to lead the country.”
Though Louis credits the entrepreneurial spirits of himself and his partner for IPO’s success – the brand is in the black – he owes some of his victory to Howard. And he doesn’t cower from admitting that truth.
“[Those classes were] very important because they really showed me how to be thorough in terms of how I research things, the company I keep in terms of my business and how to pay attention to detail, which is important.”
Howard, like most HBCUs, provides a nest of black intellectual leaders and progressive thinkers to nurture students and provide them with the essentials to survive in a tumultuous economic climate. Louis is one of those successful products and he hopes to continue excelling.
“One day, I want to own a Hollywood studio and I also want to start a non-profit that teaches entrepreneurship to inner city kids,” he says. “I want to start a charity that can give kids the tools to succeed.”
But right now, in this moment, Brian Louis’ focus is on growing IPO into the number one clothing brand in the DMV through grassroots efforts and branding. He is well on the correct path to accomplish this goal.
So, his three words of advice to other entrepreneurs reside on solid foundation that is testimonial to what Brian Louis and Jason Coles have been able to accomplish:
“Never give up.”
You can contact IPO through social media and their website.
Seemingly racist tweets by an employee of the Puerto-Rican government have stirred controversy across the nation. According to the Associated Press, Heidi Wys sent tweets to President Obama regarding the first lady’s birthday: “Who cares” and “Take her to Burger King buy her a sundae with double banana, take her to your homeland, Kenya.”
Wys, who currently serves as the main advisor to House of Representatives President Jennifer Gonzalez, has since demonstrated regret that her tweets were perceived racist and again turned to twitter to apologize to those whom she offended. Wys declared that she is a not racist, stating that her favorite nieces are black.
Several legislators, including Sen. Juan Eugenio Hernandez have demanded Wys resign from her current advisor position.
Earlier this week, the NCAA imposed sweeping penalties on the Penn State football program. The penalties, which were in response to the heinous findings in the now-infamous Freeh Report, will likely cripple the Nittany Lions for years, if not decades.
The Freeh Report confirmed everyone’s worst nightmares. High-level officials at Penn State, including former President, Graham Spanier and venerated Head Football Coach Joe Paterno, showed a “total disregard for the safety and welfare” of the boys molested by former Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky. Given the nature of the abhorrent behavior among Penn State officials at the highest levels, the death penalty is the only appropriate penalty. The NCAA opted not to impose it. So Penn State itself should. Given the nature of the abhorrent behavior among Penn State officials at the highest levels, the death penalty is the only appropriate penalty. The NCAA opted not to impose it. So Penn State itself should.
This is where Penn State can learn something from FAMU. Around the same time the horrible details surrounding Sandusky’s actions were beginning to surface, Robert Champion, a drum major in FAMU’s renowned Marching 100, was killed during a hazing ritual.
Like the Nittany Lions, the Marching 100 is FAMU’s grandest and most beloved symbol. The band is regularly called to perform at events all over the country, from NFL halftime shows to presidential inaugurations. The Marching 100 is so popular that, at FAMU football games, it is often a bigger draw than the football team.
But to the disappointment of many, the band will not be around next fall, suspended by former President James Ammons through spring 2013. Ammons gave the Marching 100 the death penalty. And while hundreds of innocent student-musicians will suffer due to the bad acts of a relative few, the self-imposed suspension was undoubtedly the right decision.
As Alabama State University freshmen students endured August heat to audition Wednesday for a spot in Alabama State University’s Mighty Marching Hornets, a film crew for an internet television channel captured their nerves, sweat and excitement. The filming was for a miniseries that aims to capture for a national audience the marching band culture that has been a tradition among black colleges in the South.
