Charlotte is stepping into the spotlight and taking center stage as the Democratic National Convention approaches.
Time Warner Cable Arena, home to the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Now one group of students from Johnson C. Smith University is working to make sure the eyes of the nation see the true stories of their historic Charlotte neighborhood.
“For a lot of people this is one of Charlotte’s best kept secrets,” said Dr. Laurie Porter, a professor of Mass Media Communications at JCSU.
Dr. Porter is heading up the new RUN DNC 2012 website.
The site was created by volunteers and highlights the history of the westside.
It includes a compilation of videos, interviews and pictures submitted by students who interview westside residents.
Students also share their own stories on videos they created themselves.
Two former Texas Southern University players, one male and one female, have been charged with theft after the home of TSU men’s basketball coach Tony Harvey was ransacked.
Warrants have been issued for the arrests of 23-year-old Whithworth Treasure of Cypress and 22-year-old Jasmine Payen of Houston. Both are charged with theft. Court records don’t list attorneys for the two. A recorded message said Treasure wasn’t accepting telephone calls Sunday night, and Payne had no listed telephone number.
Harvey told the Houston Chronicle that he returned from a road trip to find more than $534,000 in items gone from his home. According to court records, security video show Treasure and Payne trying to sell items worth $94,000 at a jewelry store.
The 2012 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament fields were announced earlier today with the Benedict Tigers and the Fort Valley State Lady Wildcats earning a bid from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC).
Benedict (19-10) earned the #8 seed and will take on #1 seed Alabama-Huntsville (26-3), who will host NCAA Men’s South Regional. The Tigers, who earned an automatic bid as a result of winning the SIAC Men’s Basketball Tournament this past weekend, will play Saturday, March 10th at Spragins Hall in Huntsville Alabama. This will be Benedict’s sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in the last seven seasons.
Fort Valley State (23-6) earned the #3 seed in the NCAA Women’s South Regional, which will be hosted by Rollins College, after winning their second consecutive SIAC Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Lady Wildcats will take on #6 seed Valdosta State (20-7) on Friday, March 9th at Warden Arena in Winter Park, FL. Fort Valley State will be making their 19th appearance in the NCAA Regionals.
Tournament schedules and game times for both tournaments will be announced on Monday. For more information regarding the 2012 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament, visit www.ncaa.com.
Baltimore’s nickname is “Charm City’ but outsiders would see little charming about East Baltimore and its surrounding neighborhood. Yet beneath its rugged exterior lies an amazing story about young black professionals trying to make a difference.
Denise Parker, CEO of Fulfilling the Promise Consulting and graduate of Coppin State University has joined with videographer Jimmie Thomas, graduate of Florida A&M University, to create an after-school video production program at East Baltimore Community School. The two, along with Clarice Griffin and Lisa Brown-Hall, have put their creative resources to use to help inner city youth at East Baltimore Community School create documentaries based on their school and neighborhood.
Parker, a product of East Baltimore, the very city that everyone associates with The Wire, created Fulfilling the Promise with the intention on wanting to give back to her community. “I could have gone anywhere to live but I chose to live in the inner city to make a difference. People invested in me as a child and I want to be able to give back.”
“While we have worked with the youth, we feel that the children are going to lead the parents into thinking bigger and brighter,” says Parker. “Ultimately, they will believe that they do not have to become products of their environment. Instead, they can build upon their surroundings to make it better.”
Jimmie Thomas, director of the EBCS documentaries and instructor of the after school program, says he wants the students to unlock their potential to a world of possibilities they didn’t know existed. “My mission is to help the kids realize that there is more that they can do. If you don’t like what’s on the Web or TV, we have the resources where you can create anything that you want to.”
The documentaries premiered on December 20th, 2011 at the American Brewery in Baltimore, Maryland to a small crowd of politicians, media professionals, and of course the students and their families. The two projects unveiled showed how the students feel about John Hopkins University making drastic changes to East Baltimore Community School, including a new building and name.
The students voiced their concern about the changes being made in their community, and why they are so proud of their school. The first documentary informed as well as entertained, as the students have the chance to express themselves through acting and dance.
For the second documentary, the students had the opportunity to interview policemen and school administrators about the school. “It takes a lot of hard work and practice,” says sixth grade student Joniyah Brinkley about making the documentary. Joniyah had the opportunity to interview East Baltimore Community School principal, Carol De Loatch. When asked about the interview, Joniyah said, “I was scared at first but I just went there and did it.”
East Baltimore Community School student Antonio Faulkner is an unforgettable member of the cast, but admits to being a little shy once off-screen. “I felt good about doing the documentary. I got to express my feelings, and that was important to me.”
James Cotton, site coordinator at Elev8, has been with the same group of kids for over a year and has seen much positive change in the students. “They’re becoming young men and women, they are maturing,” says Cotton. “I started to tell them that we’re all from the same neighborhood, so why should we go fighting each other?”
Some of the middle students in the video production program are already looking ahead to college, like Eric Johnson. “The college I really want to go to is Howard.” Eric plans to be a director, so he was happy to join the video production program. “I would like to make action movies, and music videos. I want to do all kinds of things.”
Everyone left the Brewery with the sense that the community that they were in, despite the boarded houses and dangerous streets, was beginning to change. Just like the Brewery, a once old and forgotten shell of its former self, was restored through hard work and dedication. Parker and Thomas’s hard work and dedication, by unlocking the potential of East Baltimore Community students, will soon be able to see the neighborhood restored.
For a few minutes Friday, first lady Michelle Obama turned the hardwood floor at the Time Warner Arena into an elementary school gym.
First Lady Michelle Obama waves as she leaves the court after a "Let's Move!" physical fitness promotion between games at the CIAA basketball tournament in Charlotte, N.C. on Friday, March 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Obama was in North Carolina for two Democratic Party events in Raleigh and Charlotte.
But before those fundraisers, she promoted the “Let’s Move!” fitness program with children from two Charlotte elementary schools. It took place after the first women’s basketball game at the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament.
Obama walked to midcourt and addressed the crowd about her national anti-obesity campaign. She touted basketball as a way to keep active.
“We need them to be the next generation to handle challenges,” she said.
She promised she wouldn’t talk long because “we’re going to be moving around.”
“There’s no better way than basketball to illustrate the point (of staying healthy.) We are a basketball family and my husband is a crazy fanatic about basketball,” she said.
Obama and Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., then took part as students from two Charlotte elementary schools competed in a relay. After the students ran the length of the court and jumped rope, Obama and Hagan tossed them basketballs so they could take shots. Afterward, Obama hugged some of the children to cheers from the crowd attending the conference tournament.
The first lady’s event took place in the arena where the Democratic National Convention will be held in early September.
Morgan State University won the 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Cheerleading Championship Sunday evening at the Joel Coliseum in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
MSU Cheer Bears (MEACSports.com)
The cheerleading championship is the opening event of the 2012 MEAC Basketball Tournament. Tournament games are scheduled for Monday, March 5-10 at the Joel Coliseum.
The Lady Bears captured first place honors for the second consecutive year while the University of Maryland Eastern Shore placed second and Howard University finished third in the overall team performance. In addition to winning in overall performance category, MSU also won in the All-Girls Division.
Morgan State Coach Kim Watkins, who is in her 30th year, stated “We have 10 seniors and this means so much to them to finish their four years this way. This win will also make us work harder because we know we have to be even better the next year.”
In the Co-Ed Division, Maryland Eastern Shore captured first place honors for the first time ever. The Lady Bulldogs of South Carolina State earned the silver and Florida A&M finished in third.
Adrian Gibbs of Maryland Eastern Shore won the gold in the All-Star Division while Amanda Ross of Morgan State was second and Carmen Blunt of Hampton was third.
“This team has come a long way” explained Gibbs. “I’ve never been on a team that worked so hard and deserved this more.”
2012 MEAC Cheerleading Championship Results:
All-Star Division
1st place: Adrian Gibbs, Maryland Eastern Shore
2nd place: Amanda Ross, Morgan State University
3rd place: Carmen Blunt, Hampton University
All-Girls Division
1st place: Morgan State University
2nd place: Howard University
3rd place: Norfolk State University
Co-Ed Division
1st place: University of Maryland Eastern Shore
2nd place: South Carolina State University
3rd place: Florida A&M University
Overall Performance
1st place: Morgan State University
2nd place: University of Maryland Eastern Shore
3rd place: Howard University
A 12-year-old boy has drowned in a pond near the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff campus.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the boy, his brother and a cousin were playing on a dock on private property Sunday morning when the child got into the water. Deputies say the boy apparently didn’t know how to swim.
The boy’s brother and cousin tried to rescue him, but were unsuccessful and went to get help.
Officials say the boy was unresponsive when he was pulled out of the water, and the county coroner declared him dead about noon.
The Fort Valley State University (FVSU) Lady Wildcats are the 2012 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Basketball Champions after defeating the Tigerettes of Tuskegee University, 61-52, in the championship game on Saturday, March 3rd at Forbes Arena. The Wildcats claimed their second consecutive title and their eleventh SIAC title in the school’s history.
Fort Valley State Lady Wildcats (thesiac.com)
Trailing 30-25 at halftime, in the second half the Lady Wildcats resorted to the one weapon that has worked repeatedly throughout the regular season, the press. Forcing only 11 first half turnovers, the Lady Wildcats upped the pace of its press in the second half and forced a total of 23 Tigerette miscues. Those turnovers not only resulted in transition baskets for Lady Wildcats; they also prevented the Tigerettes from settling into a half court offense that allowed them to take advantage of their superior size.
In addition to a better defensive second half, the Lady Wildcats were also better from the field in the final 20 minutes of play. After a dismal 28% shooting performance in half (7 of 25), the Lady Wildcats shot 48% from floor after the intermission. FVSU outscored the Tigerettes in the second half, 36-22, on their way to the conference tournament title.
It was the senior Yasheeka Jones who led the Lady Wildcats in scoring with a game-high 16 points. Dominique Collier finished with 10. Nnenna Eze led the Tigerettes with 13 points and Eryn Gray added 10.
For the tournament, Jones scored a total of 46 points and averaged 15.3 points per game. She also finished the tournament with 13 assists and nine steals. For her effort, Jones was named to the SIAC All-Tournament Team and was selected as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.
With the regular season SIAC Title and conference tournament title in tow, the Lady Wildcats will receive the automatic bid to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Regional Playoffs. Currently ranked fifth in the NCAA Division II South Region, the Lady Wildcats will be making their 19th appearance in the NCAA Regionals.
2012 SIAC Women’s Basketball All-Tournament Team
Symone Wilkerson, Albany State University
Santera Grooms, Benedict College
Phyllice Eubanks, Stillman College
Nnenna Eze, Tuskegee University
Yasheeka Jones, Fort Valley State University
Most Outstanding Player: Yasheeka Jones, Fort Valley State University
Most Outstanding Coach: Lonnie Bartley, Fort Valley State University
2012 Runner-Up: Tuskegee University
2012 SIAC Men’s Tournament Champions: Fort Valley State University
The Benedict College Tigers used a 13-0 second-half run to pull away from LeMoyne-Owen College and capture the 2012 SIAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship with a 58-42 victory over the Magicians on Saturday night at Morehouse College’s Forbes Arena.
Benedict College 2012 SIAC Men's Basketball Championship (thesiac.com)
The victory ensures the Tigers make their sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in the last seven years. Benedict improved to 19-10 overall. Benedict will find out its opponent for the NCAA Tournament during Sunday’s NCAA selection show, which will be available on the NCAA website www.ncaa.com.
Marcus Goode, the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, led the Tigers with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Tydran Beaty added 13 points.
The Magicians took their first lead of the game 32-29 on a 3-pointer by Deyquan Nesbit with 12:38 left to play. The Tigers came back and tied the game when Trevor Eichelberger drilled a 3-pointer. That bucket kicked off a 13-0 run with Goode scoring back-to-back buckets inside, then Rickie Jackson and Antrjuan Albright hit back-to-back 3-pointers.
The Magicians got a three-point play from Calvin Stoudemire, who led the Magicians with 20 points, but then the Tigers scored eight more straight points, highlighted by a dunk from Beaty from a high-post pass from Goode. Another jumper by Beaty and a driving layup by Goode gave the Tigers a 50-35 lead with 3:19 left to play.
LeMoyne-Owen dropped to 18-11 on the season.
The Tigers shot 44.7 percent for the game. After missing all nine 3-point attempts in the first half, they made 5-of-10 in the second half. The Tigers held LeMoyne-Owen to 30 percent shooting for the game.
The first half was close, with the Tigers taking a 19-11 lead before the Magicians cut the lead to 19-17. Benedict pulled back ahead 23-19 before Stoudemire scored on a dunk and an offensive rebound, sandwiched around a Beaty free throw for a 24-21 halftime Benedict lead.
The championship is Benedict’s first since 2008 and their third all-time.
2012 SIAC Men’s Basketball All-Tournament Team
Brandon Davey, Fort Valley State University
Kedric Taylor, Paine College
Damian Ford, Stillman College
Calvin Stoudemire, LeMoyne-Owen College
Marcus Goode, Benedict College
Most Outstanding Player: Marcus Goode, Benedict College Outstanding Coach of the Tournament: Fred Watson, Benedict College
Students, faculty and staff of Florida A&M bid farewell to math instructor, professor, teacher, Sue Corsale. Corsale was killed in a car accident Friday night.
Sue Corassale - FAMU Professor Killed
At 7:15, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the intersection of Capital Circle North West and Tower Road. The 68-year-old’s blue Chevrolet Trailblazer collided into Pamela Duprey’s black Jeep Cherokee. Duprey, 46, was traveling with her husband Kevin Duprey, 54. The Dupreys escaped with minor injuries.
Paramedics from Leon County Emergency Medical Services were called to the scene. Corsale was transported to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital after life saving techniques failed. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
According to Corsale’s Facebook profile, she began teaching at FAMU in August 1991.
Shinnea Ayers, 20, a second year pre-mathematics student from Brooklyn, New York is one of her current students. She is enrolled in Corsale’s trigonometry class. Ayers shared her final goodbye with Corsale before leaving for Spring Break.
News about her untimely death has circulated through social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Students are remembering the quirky, fun teacher who adored her students.
In one tweet a student wrote: “People Come in and out of your life for a season, but I’m glad Sue Corsale was a part ofmine.”
Another student tweeted: “R.I.P. Sue Corsale! Probably one of the best math teachers FAMU has! May your soul R.I.P.”
Bobby Coston, 20, a second-year healthcare management from St. Petersburg, Fla. is one of Corsale’s former students. He took her trigonometry class during his freshman year. He said she is the best math teacher he has ever had.
“I will definitely miss how excited she would be to teach,” Coston said. “She really cared for her students and had an extremely huge heart.”
Game #1- Stillman College vs. Tuskegee University (Women) (SIACW09)
#3 Tuskegee defeats #2 Stillman (72-65)
ATLANTA–Day four of the 2012 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Basketball Tournament was the semi-final round. The first match-up of the day was a women’s contest between the second seed Lady Tigers of Stillman College and the third seed Tigerettes of Tuskegee University.
During the course of the regular season, the Lady Tigers defeated the Tigerettes twice. And while regular season play is often a good measuring stick, conference tournament action is altogether different. The first half play in this semi-final game was a clear indication of that difference.
After the first 20 minutes, the Tigerettes appeared poised to finally defeat the Lady Tigers this season and to return to their first championship game since winning the title in 2008. At the intermission, the Tigerettes held a 34-31 lead. Tuskegee shot 30% (14 of 46) from the floor in the first half while Stillman made nine of 29 shot attempts for a 31% field goal effort in the opening half.
At the start of the second half, the Tigerettes extended their halftime lead to five points, 42-37, with 15:26 remaining. At the 11:33 mark, the Tuskegee lead had grown to nine points, 50-41. With 7:20 left, the nine point Tigerette lead still stood, 58-49. However, with 5:59 remaining, three unanswered baskets by the Lady Tigers cut the Tuskegee lead to 58-56.
The two point difference would be as close as the Lady Tigers would get. At the 2:16 mark, the Tigerettes had taken its lead back up to seven points, 63-56. With 1: 25, a Stillman field goal and a three basket cut the lead to 65-61.
With Stillman now forced to foul, the Tigerettes hit six clutch free throws down the stretch to claim a 72-65 win and earn a trip to the championship game on Saturday, March 3rd at 4 p.m. in the Forbes Arena on the Morehouse College campus.
Nnenna Eze led the Tigerettes in scoring with 13 points. She also had nine rebounds. Amelia Dorton finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Alondra Rivers and Jazlyn Fuller tallied 10 points each. The Lady Tigers were led by Phyllice Eubanks who had a game-high 25 points and Brittney Jenkins who added 16.
Game #2 – LeMoyne-Owen College vs. Paine College (Men) (SIACM10)
#2 LeMoyne-Owen defeats #6 Paine (64-61)
ATLANTA— In the first men’s semifinals of the day, #2 seed LeMoyne-Owen defeated #6 seed Paine, 64-61, during the 2012 SIAC Basketball Tournament at Morehouse College’s Forbes Arena.
Up 11-10 early in the first half, the Magicians used a 17-2 run to distance themselves from the Lions, taking a 28-12 lead with 6:47 to play. Deyquan Nesbit and Edwin Shorter combined for 12 of the team’s 17 points for LeMoyne-Owen, who shot nearly 50% from field in the first half, during their run.
Down 21 points with 1:46 to play, Paine scored the final seven points of the half to make the score 40-26 going into the half.
The Lions went on an 11-2 run to open the second half to cut the LeMoyne-Owen lead to five with 16:57 to play.
A layup by Kedric Taylor gave Paine took their first lead of the game with 7:45 remaining. After a couple lead changes over the next several minutes, a jumper by Chris Brown gave the Magicians a 60-59 lead with 1:19 remaining. Late free throws down the stretch preserved the win for the Magicians.
LeMoyne-Owen advances to the men’s championship game to face the winner of Benedict/Fort Valley State Saturday at 7 p.m.
Game #3 – Fort Valley State University vs. Benedict College (Women) (SIACW10)
#1 Fort Valley State defeats #10 Benedict (79-65)
ATLANTA– The top-seed Fort Valley State University Lady Wildcats used their aggressive full-court defense to force 32 Benedict turnovers and defeat the fourth-seed Benedict College Lady Tigers 79-65 in the semifinals of the 2012 SIAC Women’s Basketball Tournament at Morehouse College’s Forbes Arena on Friday.
Fort Valley advances to Saturday’s championship game against Tuskegee at 4 p.m.
The Lady Wildcats, now 22-6 overall, scored 31 of their 79 points off Benedict turnovers, forcing 19 steals. Fort Valley also went to the free-throw line 36 times, making 23 foul shots.
Benedict ends its season with a 19-9 record.
Yasheeka Jones led Fort Valley with 22 points, while Carmenonique Dawson and Dominique Collier each had 10 points. Collier had a double-double with 10 rebounds.
Monique Weathers, LaTeia Brailey and Brittany Jackson led Benedict with 12 points each. Santera Grooms had a game-high 11 rebounds.
Albany State pulled away from a close 20-18 lead midway through the first half to take as much as a 10-point lead, before Weathers hit a 3-pointer to make the score 38-31 at the half. The Lady Wildcats scored their last nine points of the first half at the free-throw line.
A six-point burst in 19 seconds early in the second half gave Fort Valley a 50-36 lead with 16:21 to play. Tamara Andrews hit two free throws, Collier scored on a jumper after a Benedict turnover and Jones stole the ball and hit a layup. Collier hit another jumper 30 seconds later to give Fort Valley a 16-point lead with 15:51 to play.
Fort Valley eventually built the lead to 19 points, 67-48, with 6:42 to play before the Lady Tigers got six points from Jackson and a jumper by Alexus Jones to cut the lead to 71-61 with 3:39 to play. That was as close as the Lady Tigers would get.
Benedict shot 39 percent (23-of-59) for the game, while Fort Valley shot 41.5 percent (27-of-65).
Game #4 – Benedict College vs. Fort Valley State University (Men) (SIACM11)
#4 Benedict defeats #8 Fort Valley State (74-53)
ATLANTA– The Benedict College Tigers advanced to the championship game of the 2012 SIAC Men’s Basketball Tournament with a 74-53 victory over eighth-seeded Fort Valley State University on Friday at Morehouse College’s Forbes Arena.
The fourth-seeded Tigers will face second seed LeMoyne-Owen College at 7 p.m. on Saturday. LeMoyne-Owen rallied back to defeat Paine in the other men’s semifinal earlier in the day.
Benedict got 18 points from Trevor Eichelberger, including three 3-pointers to spark the Tigers. Marcus Goode had 13 points, 10 rebounds and five blocked shots. Rickie Jackson had 12 points, hitting three 3-pointers, and Cassius Bell added 11 points.
Brandon Davey had 19 points to lead the Wildcats, while Desmond Lofland added 11.
The Tigers broke away from a close game by closing out the first half with a 14-3 run, with Tydran Beaty throwing down a dunk and sinking the free throw after he was fouled for a 39-26 lead with 30 seconds left in the half. Fort Valley hit a free throw before the half ended to make it 39-27 at the break.
Eichelberger opened the second half with a 3-pointer, and the Tigers maintained at least a 12-point lead for the rest of the game.
A flamboyant alley-oop dunk from Bell to Beaty gave Benedict its first 20-point lead, 66-45, with 5:17 to play.
The Tigers shot 47.8 percent for the game, while holding Fort Valley State to 31.1 percent, including just 25 percent in the second half. Benedict connected on 10 3-pointers and out-rebounded the Wildcats 40-35.
The Tigers now look to bring home their first tournament title since 2008 on Saturday. Benedict dropped two close games to the Magicians this season, falling 65-33 on the road, and 49-45 at home in the final game of the regular season.
Game #1- Benedict College vs. Stillman College (Men) (SIACM07)
#4 Benedict defeats #5 Stillman (86-85)
ATLANTA–Day three of the 2012 SIAC Tournament began with a shootout between Stillman College and Benedict College in the battle of the Tigers. Stillman’s Damian Ford missed the backend of a double bonus, allowing Benedict to escape with an 86-85 win in double overtime.
Benedict posted the first points of the game on a long-range jumper by senior, Marcus Goode. Over the next six minutes, the battle heated up, as SC came within two points (12-10, BC). Benedict pulled away, going on a 6-0 run in 50 seconds to take an 18-12 lead with 13:20 to play in the first half.
With 5:55 to play in the Ford converted an and-one play, tying the game at 31. On the next possession for BC, Jonathan Flint blocked Goode’s shot, exciting the crowd and his team. Ford responded by draining a three-pointer, giving SC a 34-31 lead with 5:30 to play in the half. After a BC missed shot, Stillman hit another jumper, giving the Tigers their biggest lead of the half at 36-31. Stillman maintained their lead through the end of the period and went into the locker room with a 42-37 lead.
Stillman entered the final minute of the game with a 68-66 lead. Wherry’s missed three-pointer allowed Benedict to grab the defensive rebound and with 41.3 BC called a timeout. Bell tied the game at 68, knocking down a short floater in the paint. With the shot clock off, Stillman missed the shot and Benedict snatched the rebound. After forty minutes of play, this group of Tigers headed into overtime deadlocked at 68.
With just 19 seconds to play in the first overtime, Trevor Eichelberger tied the game at 76 for BC. Stillman took possession with just three seconds remaining and attempted to end the game but was unable to get a shot off.
With Stillman up 84-80 with under a minute to play in the second overtime, Benedict responded by hitting back-to-back shots, including converting an and-one play with five seconds to play to go up one. On Stillman’s next possession, Ford was fouled and went to the free-throw line for two shots, missing one to end the game.
Young and Goode led Benedict’s overtime comeback, as Young scored six points and Goode grabbed six rebounds in overtime alone. Ford led Stillman with nine points, including 4-5 from the charity stripe and 2-2 from the field.
Ford scored a game-high 22 points, adding nine rebounds and four assists. Ladarius Rhone followed with 14 points, 12 rebounds and four assists, while their teammate Lee Riley chipped in 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists.
For Benedict, Goode had a triple-double with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 12 blocks. Bell followed with 17 points and nine rebounds, while Young added 15 points and five assists.
While Stillman is eliminated from tournament play, Benedict moves on to play #8 Fort Valley State on Friday, March 2 at 8 p.m.
Game #2 – Tuskegee University vs. Miles College (Women) (SIACW07)
#3 Tuskegee defeats #6 Miles (59-58)
ATLANTA-– In women’s quarter final action, the Tigerettes of Tuskegee University (TU) continued their quest for the 2012 SIAC crown by defeating the Lady Bears of Miles College (MC). After claiming a 31-27 halftime lead, TU had to fend off a second half surge by MC which included two lead changes. In fact, the Tigerettes trailed 57-58 with fifteen seconds remaining and won the game on a jump shot by Nnenna Eze with just four seconds left on the clock.
Three Tigerettes scored in double figures in the win. Alondra Rivers finished with 13 points; Amelia Dorton had 12 and Eze tallied 11 points. Sammeika Thomas was the game’s leading scorer with 19 points for the Lady Bears.
The Tigerettes advance to semi-final round and will play on Friday, March 2nd at 2 p.m. against the winner of the quarterfinal match-up between Stillman College and Albany State University. The loss eliminates the Lady Bears from tournament play.
Game #3 – LeMoyne-Owen College vs. Albany StateUniversity(Men) (SIACM08)
#2LeMoyne-Owen defeats #10 Albany State(55-51)
ATLANTA–The Magicians of LeMoyne-Owen College (17-10) defeated the Golden Rams of Albany State University, 55-51, to advance to the semi-finals of the 2012 SIAC Men’s Basketball Tournament. LOC will play the winner of Clark Atlanta University/Paine College.
The Magicians took control of the contest in the first half, holding the Rams to just 15 first half points. With defensive pressure that produced 9 first half turnovers, that resulted into easy points, for a 28-15 LeMoyne-Owen, halftime lead.
In the second half the Golden Rams made things interesting, cutting the Magicians’ lead to 4 points 39-35 by the time the clock read 7:15 left to play. LeMoyne-Owen regained the momentum and pushed their lead back over double-digits, 11 points (48-37) with a 9-2 run with 3:10 left. The Rams climbed back to within 2 points, (53-51) a 14-5 run at the 24 second mark. LeMoyne-Owen made 2-2 free throws the rest of the way to advance to the semi-final game, with a 55-51 victory.
The Golden Rams were led by Marcus Benitez with 12 points, while Demarcus Blunt and Demetrius Jones added 9 points each.
Brandon Hopson led the Magicians with a game high 13 points, as Deyquan Nesbit tallied 10 points.
Game #4 – Stillman College vs. Albany StateUniversity(Women) (SIACM08)
#2Stillman defeats #7 Albany State(91-73)
ATLANTA– #2 Stillman Lady Tigers defeated #7 Albany State Lady Rams 91-73 in quarterfinal action Thursday night at Forbes Arena.
In the game, Stillman shot 47 percent (31-66) from the field including 5-of-13 (38.5%) from beyond the arc. The Lady Rams picked up their offensive output in the second half, finishing with a shooting mark of 30 percent from the floor and nearly 80 percent (19-24) from the free throw line.
For Albany State (11-17), Symone Wilkerson had 21 points and six rebounds while April Thomas finished with 20 points. Precious Peak had five points and nine rebounds while Mecca Frost had eight points off the bench.
For Stillman (20-7), Phyllice Eubanks led four Lady Tigers in double figure scoring – three of whom had double-double performances. The Tuscaloosa native tallied 25 points (11-11 FTs) along with 13 rebounds, six assists, four steals and two blocks. Senior forward Jamila McKinnis added 17 points, ten rebounds and five blocks while Ashley Kidd garnered 12 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and two blocks. Senior Brittney Jenkins added 12 points, five assists and three rebounds.
The Lady Tigers advance to the semifinals of the 2012 SIAC Tournament to face #3 Tuskegee on Friday, March 2 at 2 p.m. at Forbes Arena.
Game #5 – Clark Atlanta University vs. Paine College(Women) (SIACM09)
#6 Paine defeats #5 Clark Atlanta (76-74)
The sixth-seeded Lions of Paine College Stun No. 5 Clark Atlanta with a 76-74 victory over the Panthers in the quarterfinal round of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Thursday at Forbes Arena on the campus of Morehouse College.
After a quick tempo in the first ten minutes of play, the Lions went on a 12 to 6 run and opened their largest lead of the game at 10 points with 2:30 remaining. This momentum carried them down the stretch as they took at 42-30 lead into halftime.
To open the second half, the Panthers closed the gap and knotted the game at 55 on a basket by Royce Hamilton at the 10:00 mark. Both teams traded scores for the next two minutes until Paine went on a 7-0 run and captured a 70-63 lead with five minutes remaining. The game was close down stretch and despite a valiant comeback effort by CAU, the Lions proved to be too strong as they held on for the victory.
Kedric Taylor led a trio of Lions in double-digits with 21 points followed by Geno Green with 20 and Allen Young who chipped in 15.
For the Panthers, Logan Shoffner finished with a game-high 22 points while Hamilton added 20 points and eight rebounds along with Antonio Burch’s 12 points.
With the win, the Lions advanced to the semi-final round, Friday, March 2, against No. 2 LeMoyne-Owen at 4 p.m.
Q. How do you plan to stop tuition from continuously increasing every year?
A. “It surely won’t happen next year and you can quote me on that. We’re going to make sure that administration and board members alike—recognize that although we as students pay much less than our competitors–or similar universities—that doesn’t mean that you can just raise our rates until we get to there point, that’s not what that means. Next year that won’t happen, this will not be an annual sort of gathering at Howard where we raise tuition. I think that’s the way we’ll curb it—is by making sure that out administrators know that we are low cost for a reason and we are going to stay below our competitors–as long as we possibly can.” – Marcus Carey (Campaign Slogan: Do Something)
Click here to hear Marcus’ full interview. See what he had to say before his big win. – Audio
On Thursday night, many students gathered inside the Blackburn Ballroom anxioysly awaiting the results of the Howard University 2012 elections. With the help of music, their wait was made easier.
DJ Stunna
The election party ended with a tie between the two top slates. The Believe campaign [ Brittney Foxhall & Madiagne Sarr] versus Brandon Dean & James Alexander, for President and Vice president of Howard University [respectively]. A runoff will be held on Tuesday March 6, 2012. Students will once again have the change to vote on Bison Web for the candidates they think deserves to win.
Runoff scheduled to take place on Tuesday March 6, 2012.
Candidates for the Howard University Student Association (HUSA), Brittney Foxhall and Madiagne Starr are hoping students are still 'Believing'.
Meet the Candidates from the ‘Believe Campaign’
Brittney Foxhall, Candidate for HUSA President
Madiagne Sarr, Candidate for HUSA Vice-President
Candidates for the Howard University Student Association (HUSA), Brandon Dean and James Alexander are wanting students to start 'Anew'.
Meet the Candidates wanting to start ‘Anew’
Brandon Dean, Candidate for HUSA President
James Alexander, Candidate for HUSA Vice-President
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OakO0u8f2VI
Stay tuned to HBCU Buzz to see who the 2012 HUSA President and Vice President will be. An exclusive interview with the winners will be released once the results are announced on Tuesday.
The voices of the Morehouse MLK Jr. Memorial Glee Club will fill the rafters of Boston’s Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Boston, on Friday, March 9, at 7:00 p.m., doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Morehouse College Glee Club (photo provided by Ethel Shepard)
The event is sponsored by the Greater Boston Morehouse College Alumni Association (GBMCAA), as part of its annual MoreJazz Scholarship Weekend to support community mentoring programs and four-year scholarships for Boston area high school students. Tickets are $30 for adults, $20.00 for college students, and children 18 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. Information is available at http://gbmcaa.org/morejazz/concert.
On Saturday, March 10, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the GBMCAA will host its “5 Wells” conference at Boston College High School, 150 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, for young men of color attending middle and high school. The “The ‘5 Wells’ conference will offer young male students of color a fresh approach to building a personal foundation for becoming well-read, well-spoken, well-dressed, well-traveled and well-balanced. Information is available at: http://gbmcaa.org/morejazz/concert.
The GBMCAA provides educational development opportunities for Boston-area students through scholarships and mentoring and corporate internship programs and affords alumni in greater Boston a medium for an ongoing relationship with Morehouse College.
Florida A&M University Broward Alumni presents “The Internationally acclaimed Florida A&M University Concert Choir”. For nearly 60 years the choir has maintained a standard of choral excellence.
The university choir, under the direction of Mark Butler, performs a diverse repertoire that spans the genres of classical, jazz, contemporary, spiritual, gospel, and other multi-cultural styles.
The choir’s goal is to promote and cultivate the understanding of choral music and performance as an imperative medium of artistic value and musical expression.
The concert choir is the recipient of the Willie E. Jackson choral Achievement Award (SEAAC Choral Festival) and was nominated for “Organization of the Year” FAMU Spring 2010.
Performance will be Tuesday, March 6, 2012, St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 901 N.E. Second St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. at 7 p.m. The concert is free and the community is welcome to attend.
Benedict (19-10) earned the #8 seed and will take on #1 seed Alabama-Huntsville (26-3), who will host NCAA Men’s South Regional. The Tigers, who earned an automatic bid as a result of winning the SIAC Men’s Basketball Tournament this past weekend, will play Saturday, March 10th at Spragins Hall in Huntsville Alabama. This will be Benedict’s sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in the last seven seasons.
Parker, a product of East Baltimore, the very city that everyone associates with The Wire, created Fulfilling the Promise with the intention on wanting to give back to her community. “I could have gone anywhere to live but I chose to live in the inner city to make a difference. People invested in me as a child and I want to be able to give back.”
TLANTA–Day three of the 2012 SIAC Tournament began with a shootout between Stillman College and Benedict College in the battle of the Tigers. Stillman’s Damian Ford missed the backend of a double bonus, allowing Benedict to escape with an 86-85 win in double overtime.
The university choir, under the direction of Mark Butler, performs a diverse repertoire that spans the genres of classical, jazz, contemporary, spiritual, gospel, and other multi-cultural styles.