Insight News ::: 3.14.11

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INSIGHT NEWS March 14 - March 20, 2011 • MN Metro Vol. 37 No. 11 • The Journal For Community News, Business & The Arts • www.insightnews.com

A tribute to

By Maya Beecham Contributing Writer

Lou

It was a full circle moment on Thursday, February 22, 2011. Lou Bellamy, Founder and Artistic Director of Penumbra Theater, addressed a large gathering of friends, family, colleagues, students, and supporters in Willey Hall at the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities campus, for a retirement celebration aptly entitled “A Tribute to Lou Bellamy.” After 17 years Bellamy is stepping down from his tenured position as professor in the Theatre Arts and Dance department. In 1972,

Bellamy

as a graduate student, he was one of three African American male students in the department. Bellamy never predicted fate would lead him to teach about the African American theater experience he was discouraged from studying as a student. Bellamy said, “Change tends to prompt reflection and my forthcoming retirement has provoked for me what are profound realizations… Now as many of you know it’s often in graduate school that it becomes crucial to discover ones relationship to the work and ones potential for one’s unique contribution to the expansion of knowledge in a particular field. I got into the habit of focusing every question I could toward African American participation in the development of American drama. It was an uphill battle… These efforts, though rewarding, were not always rewarded.” Bellamy said, once during his written examination he was asked to identify and describe a moment in the history of American theater during which riots broke out. He took opportunity to expound on his personal research regarding the closing of the African Grove Theater in 1821, when the entire cast of Richard III was arrested during a performance

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Courtesy of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts

Lou Bellamy

Newspapers question NAACP decision Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune

Tricia Khutoretsky

“Effects of the Iraq War” panel discussion on March 4 (l-r) Harry Boyte, moderator, panelists Tom Hanson, Suaad Allami, and Wes Davey.

Navigating the effects of the Iraq War By Lydia Schwartz Contributing Writer On March 4, a panel discussion asked respected Iraqi and American voices to explore the effects of the ongoing war in Iraq. The discussion, called “Effects of the Iraq War,”

acted as the closing event of Navigating the Aftermath, a month-long exhibit at the University of Minnesota’s Regis Center for the Arts. The exhibit featured fourteen American and Iraqi artists who have been personally affected by the war.

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West Broadway Stakeholding

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The NAACP has been criticized for not including Black newspapers in a recent advertising campaign. The NAACP inserted its 42nd NAACP Image Awards Magazine in the Philadelphia Daily News, however the advertisement was not included in The Philadelphia Tribune and

other markets (Los Angeles, Atlanta, Texas, New York, New Jersey and Chicago). The magazine insert serves to highlight the Image Awards and the respective honorees. “In (Thursday’s) Philadelphia Daily News, the 42nd NAACP Awards Magazine was inserted and not one copy was inserted in the Philadelphia Tribune, America’s oldest and America’s largest daily newspaper serving the African American community,” said Robert W.

Bogle, president and CEO of the Tribune. “This action is an insult to the men and women who work at the Philadelphia Tribune and should be an insult to Black Americans in this country. The very right of full inclusion and participation of African Americans has been denied by the organization that purports that African Americans should be fairly included in all aspects of American life.” The National Newspapers

Publishers Association, which represents more than 200 members of the Black press, is conducting an investigation to determine whether the practice has happened in other markets. Members have been asked to monitor whether the general publications in their areas are carrying the NAACP Image magazine. “We are quite dismayed and disappointed that the

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Focus on science, engineering, technology, math BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -North Carolina A&T State University has joined with Indiana University and 11 historically Black colleges and universities in a partnership aimed at increasing the number of African Americans pursuing careers as researchers and scholars in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. Since 2007 the partnership has provided high-achieving African American students from HBCU institutions with opportunities and mentoring to help them find and succeed in graduate-level research

Aesthetics Chrishan the Prince

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Photos courtesy of Indiana University

Lagina Williams, of Xavier University of Louisiana, performs an experiment in 2008. North Carolina A&T State University has joined Xavier and 10 other historically black colleges and universities in the initiative.

Lifestyle

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programs in the STEM disciplines. IU President Michael A. McRobbie recently signed a memorandum of agreement with North Carolina A&T State University President Harold Martin that will open participation to selected individuals from that institution’s 10,500-student body. “We welcome our colleagues at North Carolina A&T State University into this important undertaking,”

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Honoring legends

Jones, Rollins awarded National Medal of Arts

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