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High court shows skepticism Mark Sherman
The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices voiced deep skepticism Wednesday about a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote. In an ominous note for supporters of the key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Anthony Kennedy both acknowledged the measure’s vital role in fighting discrimination and suggested that other important laws in U.S. history had run their course. “Times change,” Kennedy said during the fast-paced, 70-minute argument. Kennedy’s views are likely to prevail on the closely divided court, and he tends to side with his more conservative colleagues on matters of race. The court’s liberals and conservatives engaged in a sometimes tense back-and-forth over whether there is still a need in 2013 for the part of the voting rights law that requires states with a history of discrimination against blacks, mainly in the Deep South, to get approval before making changes in the way elections are held. Justice Antonin Scalia called the law a “perpetuation of racial entitlement.” Chief Justice John Roberts, a vocal skeptic of the use of race in all areas of public life, cited a variety of statistics that showed starker racial disparities in some aspects of voting in the northeastern state of Massachusetts than in the southern state of Mississippi. Then he asked the government’s top Supreme Court lawyer whether the Obama administration thinks “the citizens in the South are more racist than citizens in the North?” The answer from Solicitor General Donald Verrilli was no. The question, and others like it from the conservative justices, largely echoed the doubts they first expressed four years ago in a similar case that ended without resolving the constitutionality of the latest renewal of the voting rights law, in 2006. They questioned whether there remain appreciable differences between the locations covered by the law and those that are not. They also wondered whether there was any
Evan Vucci/AP Photo Debo Adegbile, special counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, speaks with reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, after arguments in the Shelby County, Ala., v. Holder voting rights case. The justices are hearing arguments in a challenge to the part of the Voting Rights Act that forces places with a history of discrimination, mainly in the Deep South, to get approval before they make any change in the way elections are held. end in sight for a provision that intrudes on states’ rights to conduct elections and which was regarded as an emergency response to decades of state-sponsored discrimination in voting, despite the U.S Constitution’s Fifteenth Amendment guarantee of the vote for black Americans. The provision shifted the legal burden and required governments that were covered to demonstrate that their proposed changes would not discriminate. Another part of the voting rights law, not being challenged, allows for traditional, after-the-fact claims of discrimination in voting and applies across the country. As his administration was defending the voting rights law, President Barack Obama
was across the street at the Capitol unveiling a statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, who in 1955 famously refused to give up her seat on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, to a white man. The court will have to decide whether the conditions that gave rise to that seminal event are, like the statue, a part of history, or whether they persist in parts of the nation. The court’s four liberal justices, including Obama appointees Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, appeared uniformly to be willing to defer to the decision by Congress that more progress needs to be made before freeing states from the special federal monitoring.
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First lady highlights obesity progress in Miss. Darlene Superville The Associated Press
CLINTON, Miss. — Michelle Obama on Wednesday congratulated this Southern state for a more than 13 percent drop in its child obesity rates and said its example should inspire the rest of the country. It’s the reason the first lady made Mississippi the first stop on a two-day tour to promote her signature effort, the antichildhood obesity campaign she launched three years ago called “Let’s Move.” In remarks at an elementary school near Jackson, Mrs. Obama cited new research showing that
childhood obesity rates among elementary school pupils in the state had declined by more than 13 percent between 2005 and 2011. “What’s happening here in Mississippi is really what ‘Let’s Move’ is all about,” she told an audience of state officials, school nutrition professionals and parents. She urged them to keep on doing what they’ve been doing. “It’s the story of what you all have achieved here that we want to tell. It’s the story we want to be telling in every state all across this country,” the first lady said. When she visited Mississippi three years ago, she said, it had
just been declared the most obese state in the nation. Mrs. Obama attributed the decline in childhood obesity rates here to efforts by state lawmakers, the Board of Education and individual school districts, which she said took such steps as setting new standards for food and drinks in school vending machines, serving more fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and replacing food fryers with steamers, to which she exclaimed, “Hallelujah.” Some churches even declared “no-fry” zones for their congregations, where only healthy food and nothing fried was allowed.
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“So there’s no reason why this success can’t happen in cities and states all across the country — if we’re willing to work for it,” Mrs. Obama said. “So now is the time for us to truly double down on these efforts. We know what works. We’re seeing it right here. We know how to get results. Now we just need to keep stepping up.” The first lady said Mississippi, and other parts of the country that also have seen their childhood obesity rates come down — including California and New York City and Philadelphia — are showing others what works.
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the computer? Individual and group study rooms are available for 3 hour checkout. Faxing and printing services are now available in the 1st floor copy center. Need to do an job interview via skype, there’s a room for that. For more information in these new services visit the Ask Here desk at John B. Cade. All you have to do is show your valid SU ID.
today AWS Week Ladies get ready to Relax, Relate and Release… AWS week continues today is Pamper day, meet us at the Cotillion ballroom at 6:30 p.m. Tomorrow, we will host the AWS BBQ from 12-3 p.m. at the Pavilion (back of campus)Free food and a DJ, everyone is welcome to attend.
School of Nursing accepting Applications TheSchoolofNursingapplications for Fall 2013 are now available online at http://www.subr.edu/ assets/Colleges-SchoolOfNursing/ pdf/APPLICATIONSUSONSPRING2013.pdf The deadline to apply is March 1. Students who are interested in applying need to meet the following criteria; been admitted to Southern University Baton Rouge, cumulative GPA of 2.6 or above, submit writing proficiency, SAT and ACT scores and completed all courses listed in first three semesters of nursing curriculum with “C” or better.
OPEN MIC NIGHT ATTENTION all poets, rappers, singers, comedians, spoken word artists and others!!! The T.J. Jemison Baptist Student Center (located on Harding Blvd. across from Southern University tennis courts) will be hosting an “Open Mic Nite” for Southern University students. If you are interested in participating in this event, or know someone who would like to participate please email: mtillis3@ gmail.com or call 225-774-8924 for more information. African American Cinema Like African American cinema? Want to watch a movie in quiet and bring your own snacks? You’re in luck John B. Cade Library will be concluding their African Americans in Cinema this week. Watch Bad Boys II on today at noon and/or 2:35 p.m. Don’t miss out on the opportunity, all the showings will be in Classroom A on the third floor of John B. Cade Library.
A Celebration of Black History Month 2013 SU English, history and music departments along with the SUBR/SUSLA partnership will be showing “Lest we forget our ‘rich’ African American Heritagemoving Forward” featuring The SU concert choir, Jazzy Jags and music, expressions, song an dance by SU students, faculty and staff. Come and bring friends and family and joins us tonight at 6:30 p.m. in DeBose Music Hall Auditorium. Hope to see you there.
Sociology Club meetings The Sociology Club will hold weekly meetings from 5-6 pm on Thursdays (twice a month) in Higgins room 218.
Half Price Fridays While there is no class on Fridays, Smith-Brown Memorial Union is open. Burger Klng, The Bowling Alley and Lacumba’s playpen are open. If that’s not enough to bring you out of your room Lacumba’s playpen and bowling are half price on Fridays.
Bookstore hours The Campus Bookstore is open Mondays through Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information about specials and updates like the bookstore on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ southernuniversitybookstore
John Singleton next in Lyceum Series Save the date: SU Office of Student Programs hosts John Singleton next in the Lyceum Series on March 3.
New services at John B. Cade Want to try out a tablet? Check out a Kindle Fire from the library. Need a quiet place to study and use
The Sentinel Of An Enlightened Student Body since 1926 Attention Prospective Spring 2013 graduates If you think you may graduate this semester, Make sure you don’t miss grad prep days at the bookstore. You can order invitations, announcements, class rings, caps and gowns on March 26 and 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information contact the bookstore at 225.771.4330. Wesley Foundation Come join us at The Wesley Foundation at Southern University and A&M College for Sunday worship on 1st and 3rd Sundays at 5 p.m. Looking for a place to study the word? Join us for Bible Study Wednesdays at 6:30p.m. The Wesley Foundation is located at 748 Harding Blvd. Next to Villa Apartments and across Harding from the football practice field. For more information contact us at 225.778.0076. Volunteer Opportunity Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure will be held on March 2nd, 2013. SGA is rounding up volunteers to help out with this amazing event and great community service opportunity! SGA encourages you and your affiliated organizations to sign up. http://batonrouge.infokomen.org/ site/VolunteerMgmtUser?user_ view_type=BROWSE&event_ id=236371&volunteermgmt. user=vm_event_details. Contact SGA for more information. T-Shirt Design Contest: Where Blue and Green Meets Gold The 2013 Sustainability T-shirt contest is open to current students of the Southern University System. Designs can be submitted through March 8, 2013. Winning Design will receive $100 cash award and unlimited publicity. Upload your design at http://www. nextgenerationcomposites.com/ conferences/2013sustainability/ For more information on T-Shirt Contest, Abstracts and Proposals visit www.subr.edu/sustain2013 or contact Dr. Francesca M. Mellieon-Williams, 225-771-5893 or francesca_williams@subr.edu
Who’s Speaking Out? How are you starting to prepare for midterms? “By studying more than last semester. My teachers havent really been discusing midterms yet, but i plan to be fully prepared.” Brytni Johnson Social Work Freshman Monroe, La.
“ Im going to detach myself from all electroni distractions so i can be fully focused while I study. I also plan to get a good amount of sleep.” Jon Vanghn III Electronic Engineering Freshman Baton Rouge
“ I am constantly reviewing the information ona a daily basis so that i not oly learn the information but to also recall the information more easily” Tramel Willis Biology Senior New Orleans
“I am going to take initiative in more studying individually, group studying, and taking more time to understand rather than skimming the text” Zykia Stewart Accounting & Financing Freshman Gulfport, MisS.
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Ex-BP CEO makes brief appearance at trial Michael Kunzelman The Associated Press
Gerald Hebert/ AP Photo Lamar McKay, former president of BP America and current chief executive of BP’s Upstream unit, left, leaves Federal Court after testifying in New Orleans, Tuesday, McKay, who was president of BP America at the time of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, became the first BP executive to testify at the federal trial intended to identify the causes of BP’s Macondo well blowout and assign percentages of blame to the companies involved.
NEW ORLEANS — Once the object of ridicule and focus of outrage after the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, former BP chief executive Tony Hayward made a cameo appearance Wednesday in a trial to decide how much blame the company must shoulder for the disaster. Hayward didn’t attend in person. Instead, he showed up just briefly on a videotape in what may be his only appearance in the courtroom. Hayward, who famously said “I’d like my life back” at the height of the spill, isn’t expected to take the witness stand in the high-stakes trial. Hayward did testify in person before Congress and gave a videotaped deposition for this trial, but his role may be limited here by his lack of direct knowledge of the drilling operations on the Deepwater Horizon. Still, attorneys for the U.S. government and Gulf Coast residents and businesses showed a 20-minute snippet of his deposition, projecting the video on a large white screen in the courtroom. The attorneys have said the London-based company bears most of the blame for the spill and they accused BP of putting profits ahead of safety by cutting corners on a project that was over budget and behind schedule. “I believe that the role of leaders is very important in shaping the culture of an organization,” Hayward said in the videotape. He also said cost-cutting measures in the years before the 2010 spill did not have an effect on drilling operations, comments that differed from excerpts of a videotaped deposition from Kevin Lacy, who served as BP’s senior vice president for drilling operations in the Gulf before resigning several months before the spill. Lacy said BP slashed between $250 million and $300 million from its Gulf drilling budget from 2008 to 2009 while at the same time its production rose by more than 50 percent. “I was never given a directive to cut corners or deliver something not safely, but there was tremendous pressure on costs,” Lacy said. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is presiding over the trial designed to identify the causes of BP’s Macondo well blowout and assign percentages of fault to the companies involved. If BP is found guilty of gross negligence, it could be on the hook for nearly $18 billion. The rig explosion killed 11 oil rig workers and the
busted well dumped an estimated 172 millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf. Barbier listened to the videotape that featured a lawyer asking Hayward about a speech he gave just five days before the blowout. Hayward spoke about the company’s “drive to increase efficiency and reduce costs” and also drew a distinction between reducing “corporate overhead” and cutting “corporate operating costs.” The deposition was taken over several days in London in June 2011. A year earlier, while the busted well spewed oil into the Gulf, Hayward was photographed at a yacht race and criticized for saying the amount of spilled oil was relatively small given the size of the Gulf. He was later accused of directing his employees to downplay the disaster to keep stock prices afloat. Hayward told Congress he was personally devastated by the spill and that it never should have happened. He stepped down as CEO and eventually left the company. Rig owner Transocean Ltd. and cement contractor Halliburton also are defendants and their lawyers have tried to minimize their roles in the disaster. BP attorneys have said the drilling was a team effort and that all of the companies share responsibility for the disaster. Meanwhile, a witness for the federal government testified BP withheld critical information from industry regulators and continued drilling despite clear signs of trouble before the blowout. Alan Huffman, a well design expert and geophysicist who has worked for Conoco and Exxon, said BP continued drilling in dangerous deep water conditions without keeping the Minerals Management Service fully informed. Huffman said his review of internal BP documents and MMS records showed the oil giant engaged in a “consistent pattern of misreporting” to the federal agency and gave it a “very false impression” of what was happening on the drilling project. “And this happened on multiple occasions ... not just on one or two,” said Huffman, the second expert witness at a trial that started Monday and, barring a settlement, could last several months. BP pleaded guilty in January to 14 criminal counts, including 11 felony counts of manslaughter, and agreed to pay $4 billion in criminal penalties to resolve a Justice Department probe. Transocean pleaded guilty earlier this month to one misdemeanor count of violating the Clean Water Act and agreed to pay $400 million in criminal penalties.
Talking Obesity from page 1 After all, she said, “love for our children” is the motivating factor. Mrs. Obama was joined by Food Network star and daytime talk-show host Rachael Ray, who arranged for two school chefs to compete to prepare lunches that meet newly adopted federal nutrition guidelines. “I’m here to say, Mississippi, thank you. Thank you so much. Congratulations on your
work,” the first lady said. “Thank you for taking the lead on this issue. Thank you for serving as an inspiration for states and communities across the country.” About one-third of U.S. children are overweight or obese, putting them at higher risk for heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, among other ailments. Mrs. Obama launched “Let’s Move” with
the goal of helping to reduce childhood obesity rates within a generation. In response, a range of industry groups and others, including food companies, restaurants, retailers and others, promised to make their food healthier and make it easier for kids to get needed exercise. Among the changes: Wal-Mart is now putting special labels on some of its
store-brand products to help shoppers quickly spot healthier items. Millions of schoolchildren are helping themselves to vegetables from salad bars that have been donated for their lunchrooms. Kids’ meals at Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants are automatically served with a side of fruit or vegetables and a glass of low-fat milk.
formula in place, using statistics that are at least 40 years old, remains a valid way to determine which locations have to ask for permission to make voting changes. Debo Adegbile, a lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, argued to the court on behalf of local Alabama elected officials and civil rights leaders. He sought to show the justices that there is a current need for the law, an effort to counter the court’s admonition four years ago that current conditions, not history alone, must justify the continuing application of the law. The NAACP is a leading civil rights organization. In 2011, Adegbile said, a judge in Alabama cited state lawmakers’ derogatory references to African-Americans as a reason to continue to protect minority voters through the Voting
Rights Act. But Roberts challenged the lawyer. “Have there been episodes, egregious episodes of the kind you are talking about in states that are not covered?” the chief justice asked. Absolutely, Adegbile replied. “Well, then it doesn’t seem to help you make the point that the differential between covered and noncovered continues to be justified,” Roberts said. The requirement currently applies to the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. It also covers certain counties in California, Florida, New York, North Carolina and South Dakota, and some local jurisdictions in Michigan and New Hampshire. Coverage has been triggered by past discrimination not only against blacks,
but also against American Indians, AsianAmericans, Alaska Natives and Hispanics. Among the covered states, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, South Carolina, South Dakota and Texas are siding with Shelby County, while California, Mississippi, New York and North Carolina argue that the law should be upheld. Nearly 250 of the 12,000 state, county and local governments covered by the law have used an escape hatch to get out from under the special oversight by demonstrating that they and smaller places within their borders no longer discriminate in voting. The 10 covered towns in New Hampshire are poised to exit as they await federal court approval for an agreement between the state and the Justice Department. A decision is expected by late June.
Voters Rights from page 1 Those justices aggressively questioned Bert Rein, the lawyer representing Shelby County, Alabama, a southern state, in its challenge to the law. Sotomayor acknowledged some parts of the South had changed, but she asserted that recent voting rights lawsuits in Alabama suggested that Shelby County, near Birmingham, has not made sufficient progress. “Why would we vote in favor of a county whose record is the epitome of what caused the passage of this law to start with?” Sotomayor asked. Kagan chimed in that any formula devised by Congress “would capture Alabama,” where she said certain discriminatory voting practices have persisted. But Rein said the issue was whether the
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NFL Play, position are not guaranteed Aristide Phillips The Southern Digest
Imagine being a senior in high school and only playing six games of organized football for the first time and going to college as a walk on and then playing in the National Football League, this the story of former Southern defensive tackle Jordan Miller. Miller came to Southern out of Largo High School in Maryland and had never played football prior to his senior season in where he played only six games. Not having too many scholarship offers Miller decided to walk on, but to come from Maryland to Louisiana, wasn’t a an easy choice. Family was the reason behind Miller’s final decision to come to Louisiana. “What factored in on the choice was my grandmother was down here she lived four blocks away from the school and she was sick at the time so I came down so I could take care of her it made the decision a lot easier,” Miller said. Once on campus, the transition of playing six games of high school football to playing on the bluff under Hall of Fame coach Pete Richardson was huge. “He developed men, it was definitely different for me to come from barely any coaching at all in high school to such a known and experienced coach,” said Miller. “It was tough I got the crap beat out of me for the first couple of practices.” And during that process, the young defensive tackle who would later go on to be a part of a list of Jaguars to play at the next level, had to decide to stay with football or quit. Miller chose the ladder… “Practices were so tough that whenever I got to play in the game it wasn’t nearly as hard it was all fun I just went hard at practice,” Miller said. “I learned from the seniors I had in front of me I had guys like Vince Lance, Joseph Selders, and Frank Harry, those guys were just leading the way for me.” In 2009, Miller finished third on the team in tackles with 54 while recording 5.5 sacks and recovering two fumbles.
And those guys would prove to be highly beneficial to him as Miller would later become a starter in 2009, but in 2010, Miller came into his own. “In 2010 I became confident as a starter, and realized that this could be something,” Miller said. As a ‘confident’ starter Miller choose to be a leader who lead not by speaking but by doing and if they didn’t choose to follow; he wasn’t going to let that stop him from being successful. Jordan stayed away from trouble because during his time on the yard because he knew in order to play football he had to do well in the classroom. “I told the guys that I’m going to do what I have to do, and I wasn’t going to fall short, I was going to do my job. Some guys for the most part bought into it and saw me as a leader other guys went and did their own thing regardless and I couldn’t help them out, but everybody else that bought into it I’m thankful for seeing me as a leader.” Miller said. As a Senior, Miller wasn’t on anyone’s Radar as being an AllSWAC player he was a house hold name on the yard. As a senior Miller recorded seven sacks but it was on the big stage where the 6-foot-1 309 pounder felt he really got noticed. “My last Bayou Classic I was on the big stage probably had one of my best games if not my best game of my career,” said Miller. “I had like three sacks that game, big hit in the backfield I was having fun out there we didn’t win the game but my individual effort I was pleased with.” In Miller’s 31 games in three seasons (2008-10) he finished his career with 90 tackles, 18 sacks and 30 tackles for loss. Once Miller hung up the blue and gold he went on to try his luck at the pro level. It started once he was selected to play in the 2010 Russell Athletic HBCU Bowl. His participation in Pro Day where he ran a time of 4.86 in the 40-yard dash and benched pressed 225 lbs. 37 times helped his cause. When the NFL draft came around Miller’s name wasn’t called... But he did receive a phone
DIGEST FILE Former Southern defensive tackle Jordan Miller came to the Bluff with little experience in the game and was lead by former head coach Pete Richardson. Miller’s journey would continue after his name was not called in the drraft but via phone from the Chiacgo Bears, Miller recently played for the Packers wearing Number 91. call from the Chicago Bears after the draft, Miller was one of 19 players to be signed by the Bears organization. Another transition from the once high school player who only played six games of organized football. “The mental strain that it takes on you is unbelievable its unreal, because every week could be your last week doing it,” Miller said. “That was the adjustment for me, If I had a bad game at Southern I would still be the starter, but in the NFL you have a bad game your name might not be on your locker next week.” Miller talked about a situation where one of his fellow players while in Chicago would go get a beer every Tuesday at 4 o’ clock to celebrate being on the team for another week. “He would do that every Tuesday until one day I see he’s not there, his locker was next to mine and I didn’t see his name on the locker and it was somebody else and it was an eye opener for me knowing that this is real.” Miller said. “The pressure to win is always on you
and if they feel that somebody can help them win more than you then you’re outta there.” During that time, Miller saw four other players removed from the team as well and when former Bears General Manager Jerry Angelo got fired in came Phil Emery who brought the players he felt were players could help the bears win in and Miller wasn’t in that number. “I thought I played well enough to stay there but they didn’t feel that way so they released me and sent me home for like the first seven weeks,” Miller said. During those short seven weeks, Miller was lived in his mother’s basement while working out, staying in shape, thinking about life, and hoping for his next opportunity. And then he got a call from 920 area code, it was the Green Bay Packers. “The Packers called me and asked for a workout I had 12 dollars in my pocket I was living in the basement of my mother’s house thinking to myself I can’t go home.” Miller said. “And I thank god that
I worked hard and they felt that I could help out so they signed me and it’s been all good since then.” Miller wore the number 90 during his years as a Jaguar but now wears 91 as a Packer and loves it. The professional baller spent a full season with the packers and came back to Southern to finish up his undergraduate degree in psychology. When asked about giving words of encouragement to others on campus whether you’re an athlete or student Miller said not to let where you are from determine or dictate where you are going. “Never let where you come from determine where your going, never let it be something that you fall back on as an excuse or as a crutch to where you allow that limitation to keep you being sub par or just being regular because that’s what everybody else does you really can be great coming from Southern University you can go out into the world and be a life changer and be an inspiration to millions,” Miller said.
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Jags break records, eyes on the prize Aristide Phillips The Southern Digest
DIGEST FILE Jameel Grace goes into the defenders for Arkansa-Pine Bluff as he tries to take the ball to the bucket. The Jaguars head to Health and Physical Education Arena in Houston to earn top slot by defeating the Texas Southern Tigers at home.
When the Southern men’s basketball team defeated Alcorn State Saturday 61-48 they accomplished going undefeated at home and winning 20 games in one season. It was 2005, the last time the Jaguars went undefeated at home, and it’s also the first time since 1999 that the Men’s basketball team won 20 games in a season. “One of the things we talk about in the locker room is to represent your home court and being a good strong team at home first, and I believe that’s where it starts, then you build the character to go out on the road,” men’s basketball head coach Roman Banks said. And despite the impressive record the Jaguars are still trying to develop that character. Of Southern’s two conference losses both of them came on the road against teams that where suppose to “challenge” the Jaguars. “I’m curious and anxious to see how we meet that challenge I think that we can give ourselves a chance to win when we step on the basketball court, but are we going to do the things that we need to do and play loose enough to win the ball game is something that we haven’t done against teams that have challenged us on the road,” Banks said. Banks felt that the losses to Arkansas Pine Bluff and Alcorn State were games where he thought his Jags had a chance to win but they didn’t make plays and thought
SWAC Men SWAC Overall W L W L Southern 14 2 20 8 Tex. Southern* 14 2 15 14 Ark.-Pine Bluff* 14 3 15 14 Prairie View 8 8 13 16 Jackson State 7 9 8 17 Alabama State 7 9 9 20 Alcorn State 7 9 9 22 Alabama A&M 5 11 9 18 Miss. Valley St.* 5 12 5 22 Grambling State 0 16 0 25 ——— NOTE: Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Mississippi Valley State and Texas Southern are ineligible for postseason play Today’s Games Southern at Tex. Southern, 8 pm Alabama St. at Jackson St., 5 pm Ark.-PB at Miss. Valley, 7:30 pm Alabama A&M at Grambling, 7:30 pm Alcorn St. at Prairie View, 7:30 pm Saturday’s Games Southern at Prairie View, 5 pm Alabama A&M at Jackson St., 4 pm Alabama St. at Grambling, 7:30 pm Alcorn St. at Tex. Southern, 8 pm
that they didn’t play well. Now Southern (20-8, 14-2 Southwestern Athletic Conference) will have to face yet another challenge as they travel to Houston to face Texas Southern (15-14, 14-2 SWAC). The game is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Health and Physical Education Arena in Houston. “Texas Southern has always been one of the top teams in our
conference this year, they have a lot of experience players coming back and they did very well on their home court so it’s going to be a unique challenge for us,” Banks said. And what makes this game even more unique is that this game will be for first place in the Conference and will determine the SWAC regular season champion. The last time SU face Texas Southern, the Jaguars came away with a 63-57 win. “I’m excited about having the chance to play this game for first place and hopefully we go out and respond and we put up a great fight to give ourselves a chance,” Banks said. The Tigers are currently on a 10 game winning streak, their streak is currently the longest win streak in the SWAC. Texas Southern guard Omar Strong is tied for second with Malcolm Miller in scoring game averaging 16. 3 PPG. Southern’s Derick Beltran is Third on that list averaging 16.1 PPG. Also what makes this game more intriguing is that Texas Southern currently leads the SWAC scoring offense and is second in scoring defense while Southern leads the conference in scoring defense and is second in scoring offense. “Going into Texas Southern is for first place, so its going to be some of these guys biggest game they have ever played in a Southern University uniform and we will see how we respond,” Banks said.
Jaguars ready for challenges against Texas Southern Aristide Phillips The Southern Digest
After a dismal 65-54 loss to last place Alcorn State, the Southern Jaguar Women’s basketball team will have to find a way to regroup fast as they face the Southwestern Conference regular season champion Texas Southern Lady Tigers. The game is set for 5:30 p.m. at the H&PE Arena in Houston. “We are looking forward to the challenge and we are going to go out there and play hard and try to get ready for the SWAC tournament,” assistant coach Carlos Funchess said. The Jaguars (12-15, 11-5 SWAC) lost a ninepoint lead in their loss to the Lady Braves Saturday at the F.G. Clark Activity center. During play, the Braves went to the free throw line 32 times to the Jags eight. “We got to do a better job of not fouling and not putting other teams on the line,” Funchess said. “We missed a lot of easy shots in the second half especially in the last ten minutes of the game and a lot of them will get into the paint and score some easy buckets to get them on the free throw line that was the difference in the game.” It has been a roller coaster season for the Women’s basketball team, the Jaguars won their first two conference games but then
SWAC Women SWAC Overall W L W L Tex. Southern 13 1 16 9 Southern 11 4 12 14 Miss. Valley St. 10 5 13 13 Alabama A&M 8 6 9 15 Jackson State 7 7 10 13 Prairie View 7 7 10 14 Alabama State 7 7 9 16 Ark.-Pine Bluff 5 10 9 16 Grambling State 3 11 5 21 Alcorn State 1 14 1 23 ——— Saturday’s Games Alcorn State at Southern, 2 pm Jackson St. at Miss. Valley St., 3 pm Prairie View at Alabama St., 3 pm Tex. Southern at Alabama A&M, 3 pm Grambling at Ark.-PB, 5 pm Monday’s Games Jackson St. at Ark.-PB, 5:30 pm Grambling at Miss. Valley St., 5:30 pm Tex. Southern at Alabama St., 5:30 pm Prairie View at AAMU, 5:30 pm
dropped a surprising game to Grambling State 76-92. Then, the Jaguars seem to get back into their winning ways taking in eight straight, but then dropping four of their last five.
“When you’re struggling a little bit you’re gonna have different challenges to come up you just got to get ready, we are going to go out and compete and play hard and see how we measure up,” Funchess said. “We had some games where we had our guards shooting the basketball and we just got to do a better job at trying to get the ball in the paint either by penetrating and driving and trying to get to the free throw line and put pressure on the other teams’ defense.” With the injury to Southern center Laneisha Stephens, who at 6-foot-3 poses as a strong defender in the paint not playing has allow teams to make baskets in the paint. “She has been banged up, and she hasn’t been 100 percent and that’s really hurt us on our inside game scoring right around the bucket and we basically been a jump shooting team,” Funchess said. In the Jaguars last five games, three of those games opponents were able to get to the free-throw line at least 28 times. Now with Southern facing Texas Southern that is on a 15 game win streak and is 15-1 in conference play. To the Jaguars defense, the Tigers only conference loss came when they travelled to Baton Rouge to face them. At the same time will probably be looking to get their revenge against the Jaguars for the early season loss.
DIGEST Forward Lechell Rush aims to shoot as a defender attempts to block her shot. The women look to redeem themselves at TSU. In that game, TSU guard Brianna Sidney scored 18 points leading all scorers in that contest and from that first game of conference play to now she has been averaging 10.0 points per game. Texas Southern (18-9, 15-1 SWAC) has three players who average over 10 points per game and with those players, the Tigers boast the number one scoring offense in the SWAC.
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Students march to ‘stop the violence’, Tuesday; the march included SGA, NAACP, the Black history club and criminal justice club. (Arielle Burks/DIGEST) The Association of Women Students hosted ‘Southern Girls Rock’ in the Cotillion Ballroom, Wednesday. Glenda Llorens & Marcella Ratcliff were among honorees. (Evan Taylor/DIGEST)
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Jags lasso in SWAC West competition Aristide Phillips
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Courtesy of Wil Norwood Laura Syori returns a volley from Alicia Shaw of Grambling last Saturday. Syori defeated Shaw 7-6. Syori was one of the players who lead to the Southern domination of the SWAC West Round Up last weekend. The ladies’ next opponent will be Xavier’s golden nuggets.
After going through a 0-4 slump against non-conference opponents to start the season, the Lady Jaguars showed why they went into the Southwestern Athletic Conference West Roundup and proved their place as reigning three time SWAC champions going 4-0. Tennis head coach Jeff Conyers said that he is looking forward to this weekend against Xavier and Southeastern also saying that his team is just getting better and that they are going to continue their hunt for another championship. The lady Jaguars went into the SWAC West Roundup coming off losses to LSU (0-7), Southeastern (1-5), McNeese State (3-4), and Louisiana Lafayette (2-5). Despite the losses, the Lady Jaguars came into the weekend at the University Courts and protected their courts defeating Arkansas Pine Bluff (6-0), Alabama A&M (6-0), Grambling State (7-0), and Alcorn State (6-1). “The ladies came out and performed very well the entire weekend against our conference matches, Alcorn especially,” Conyers said. In the Lady Jaguars last match against Alcorn State in the Finale of the West Roundup, Kersten Vanem of Alcorn State took the
first match in singles defeating Southern’s Demetria Woods (64, 6-2) but in the other five single matches it was all Lady Jaguars. Gabrielle Moore defeated Arielle Buchmann (6-0, 6-1), Danielle Dixon defeated Victoria Kosachuk (6-3, 6-2), Lois Alexis defeated Merilin Tipp (6-2, 7-5), Laura Syori defeated Kate Potapova (6-3, 7-5), and Camara Davis defeated Askanksha Punj (6-4, 6-2). In doubles the Jaguars took two out of the three matches Alexis and Moore defeated Vanem and Kosachuk 9-8, Davis and Morgan Taylor defeated Buchmann and Chan Rutherford 8-4, and in the third match ASU’s Potapova and Tipp defeated Dixon and Kendall Bunch. When asked about if there were any players out of the bunch that stood out Conyers said that there isn’t any person right now, and that all of the ladies live and die by being relentless and all of the young ladies are fighting very hard and that all of them are finding their ways and its an even commitment by all the ladies. “We were finally able to find some consistency in our doubles,” Conyers said. “We have been pretty flat this year but were finding our way and looking to improve a little bit more in our doubles coming up to the rest
of our season I think we have a strong doubles team especially at that one or two spot.” Conyers also added that the third doubles team is still trying to find a little consistency but feels that they still are a very good team. After getting two divisional wins, the Jaguars are going back over to non-conference play to face Xavier (3-3) in New Orleans on Friday at 3 p.m. and the Lady Jaguars will travel to Hammond to face Southeastern at 11 a.m. on Sunday. “Xavier has a wonderful team, coach Alan Green does a wonderful job down at Xavier recruiting young ladies to his university and it’s a very good program; we are going to have to go out there and fight real hard in doubles and singles,” Conyers said. Like the Lady Jaguar Tennis team, the Lady Golden Nuggets have a lot of prestige behind their program as well. The Golden Nuggets have won seven straight National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Championships. “His doubles teams are playing very well his single’s team is playing well too, so I think it’s going to be a very interesting match amongst two very good programs,” Conyers said.
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Jaguars aim to execute against UAPB Aristide Phillips
The Southern Digest With the postponement of the Jaguars game against Loyola being moved to April 16, gave the Jaguar Baseball team a weeks rest from their time at the MLB Urban Youth Invitational to prepare for their conference opener at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Saturday and Sunday. “All those good teams that are playing good against us is good for us, its forcing us to execute in order for us to have a chance to win I see that as a quality opportunity for us to get better down the road,” head baseball coach Roger Cador said after the Jaguars win over Prairie View A&M. The Jaguars will look to execute and hopefully have better results then the results they had last weekend. “We still have to look towards executing,” Cador said. “Its like walking up steps you got to take your time to walk up the steps.” Cador said that the team needs to improve upon defense and believes that if they can improve on that he feels that his team will be successful. Last weekend the Jaguars participated in the Urban Invitational in Houston Texas, which was their sixth consecutive time playing in the invite. Friday the Jaguars played at an open roof Minute Maid Park to face Texas Southern, in that game SU went scoreless only managing to muster up four hits that game having a team batting average of .153. Tyler Flanagan’s solo homerun was the only
score in the Tigers’ 1-0 win over Southern. But the pitchers mound was what made the game entertaining for baseball fans as Texas Southern’s Felix Gomez and Southern’s Jesse Holiday engaged in a pitchers’ duel that Friday afternoon. Holiday and Gomez combined for 15 innings of work, striking out 12 total batters and scattering eight hits. The biggest of those eight hits in the game came in the bottom of the third inning. “Holiday always seems to give us a tough time,” Tigers head coach Michael Robertson said after the tigers win on Friday. “One thing you know about Southern starters, they go deep in the ball game and they throw strikes.” On Saturday the Jaguars went out to face an Alabama State team who was hitting on all cylinders as they went through four Southern Pitchers getting 11 hits in the process to get a 6-4 win over the Jags. The game started out promising for the Jaguars when outfielder Gavin Webster hit a single RBI scoring in catcher Jose De La Torre in the bottom of the second inning giving the Jaguars a early 1-0 lead. But the lead quickly diminished in the top of the fifth when Alabama State outfielder Waldyvan Estrada took Jose DeLeon (02) pitch and turned into a grand slam, to immediately give the Hornets a 5-3 lead over Southern. The Hornets added another run in the top of the sixth inning to give the Hornets a 6-3 lead. Jose DeLa Torre hit a solo home run to give the Jaguars home but that diminished when the Jaguars didn’t get any hits for the
Norman J. Dotson Jr./DIGEST Southern Third baseman, Caleb Hatcher takes his cut at the ball in the MLB Urban Invitational Sunday in the game against Prairie View A&M. The Jaguars prevailed against the Panthers 5-4. The Jags open conference paly against Arkansas-Pine Bluff Saturday. duration of the game. On the last day of the invitational the Jaguars were finally able to get things going, as they were able to get a 5-4 win over Prairie View A&M. The Panthers had a 3-1 lead up until the top of the seventh inning when the Jaguars scored on each of the last innings to propel
them over PVAMU. Due to the re-sodding of Lee-Hines field the game that was scheduled for earlier this week was rescheduled giving the Jags time to prepare for UAPB. UAPB (2-6) is currently on a five game losing streak going into this weekend’s match up.
Softball sees light at end of tougher games Aristide Phillips
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DIGEST FILE PHOTO Softball head coach Nancy Marshall sees the non-conference line-up as an opportunity for growth for the Lady Jaguars. Marshall is taking the 0-16 start in stride, encouraging her players to understand that these experiences will benfit their conference play in the long-term. The Lady Jaguars will face 14 more non-conference opponents before the War Eagle Classic.
It may be hard to come away with anything positive to feed off of after a 0-16 start for most teams, but for the Lady Jaguar softball team there might just be. After the Lady Jaguars took a 1-9 loss to NO. 13 Louisiana-Lafayette Tuesday head, softball coach Nancy Marshall kept her girls head held high. “What we’ve basically been telling them is that let’s take these tournaments and nonconference games as our strengths and let’s go into our conference games knowing that we can go in and compete with any team outside of our conference and compete even better against the teams in our conference,” Marshall said. The Lady Jaguars will face more nonconference teams before they start conference play, Marshall felt the ladies performed well and fell short in sustaining their strength. “I think the ladies played a great game actually we went out there and played one of our better games although we didn’t sustain with either the pitching or hitting,” Marshall said. Marshall said the girls were ‘soldiers’ and worked together strongly. “We knew going in there that we were going to have to keep the ball down and out of their faces a couple of pitches got away from us other wise I think the girls still stood strong and I think they still stood as soldiers,” Marshall said. Louisiana got off to a fast start when freshman, Shellie Landry hit a grand slam with the bases loaded and one out in the first inning. The Cajuns went on to score four more runs in the second inning to increase their lead to 8-0.
The Lady Jags did manage to get on the board in the fourth inning, when catcher, Shabanese Brown hit a solo-home run to left field. Due to a mercy-rule the game was called in the bottom of the fifth inning. The score against the nationally ranked team was enough in Marshall’s perspective to call it a positive. Marshall saw the game as a learning experience and feels the players have the opportunity to build on their skills in preparation of future competition. “We know we are a tough team, actually we can score at will if we want to but our girls continually have to build up on each chance that we get, each time that we get to play against any type of competition so we just have to build on it and we will build on scoring more runs when we are playing against tough competition continuously,” Marshall said. Southern (0-16) isn’t the only winless team in the Southwestern athletic conference, sitting with Alabama A&M (0-2) and Arkansas Pine Bluff (0-8) and also having possibly the most difficult schedule in the conference has Marshall believing that her girls will be able to compete once they get through their slew of non-conference competitions. The Lady Jaguars will have to fight through 14 more non-conference opponents before they get into conference play and it will start with competing in the 2013 War Eagle classic, as the Jaguars will go out to face Gardner Webb at 10 a.m. and UNC-Charlotte at 5:30 p.m. both games will be on Friday in Auburn, Ala. On Saturday, the Jaguars will face Middle Tennessee State, at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, the Jaguars will finish up the weekend Sunday when they take on Auburn at 2 p.m.
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Talking Politics with Caesar Smith Jr.: Jindal has all the anwers to GOP problems, so he says Governor Bobby Jindal faces deepening troubles here at home as he dishes out advice on how the divided GOP can regroup and looks to position himself as a national party front man. The new head of the Republican Governors Association, who also is a potential future White House contender, has made a series of cuts to health services and colleges, drawing criticism from affected constituents and Republicans who say he’s not cut enough. And while he delighted conservative policy works nationally with his signature measures overhauling education and public employee pensions, those laws are tied up in state court as Republican judges claim constitutional concerns. “He’s got a large number of people in Louisiana who just do not like him,” said Baton Rouge pollster Bernie Pinsonat, not usually a Jindal critic. The question isn’t necessarily how Jindal’s circumstances affect him inside his own party, where he remains popular among vocal conservatives. Yes, I can say the governor has done some serious reforms and taken a stand against establishment thinking, but it has not benefited us. Any governor seeking a national platform must find a way to frame his political approach for a broader audience, and the challenge for a Republican Party that has lost five of the past six presidential popular votes is to find standard bearers who satisfy the GOP base while widening it, too. Bill Clinton sold the nation in 1992 on Arkansas progress, overcoming mockery of his “Arkansas miracle.” Eight years later, George W. Bush framed his work with Texas Democrats, who ran the legislature, as proof that he was a “uniter, not a divider.” The first ingredient, Pinsonat said, is having your own people call you a success, adding: “If I’m from another state and the guy’s not popular in his home state, no matter what he says after that, I don’t know if you hear the rest of it.” “If you do the big things, the right things for the right reasons,” Teepell said, “then
people will appreciate it. Sometimes it just takes time to see results.” In the wake of Mitt Romney’s competitive but decisive loss to President Barack Obama in November, Jindal has been at the forefront of delivering sharp criticism to the GOP. He has bemoaned “dumbed-down conservatism.” He has argued that the GOP is a “populist” organization and that Republicans shouldn’t be the party of “big anything.” Jindal also has been clear that Republicans must not “change what we believe” and he has suggested the party hasn’t gone big enough in its argument against active government. “It’s time to quit arguing around the edges of that corrupt system,” he has said. At first blush, Jindal’s Louisiana priorities fit neatly within his party roadmap. He’s pushing to eliminate all corporate and personal income taxes, in favor of sales tax increases. He’s refused to expand Medicaid under Obama’s health care overhaul, and he’s dismantling the state’s unique public hospital system, in no small part through his control over the leadership of the LSU System that runs the health care enterprise. He has privatized parts of the Medicaid insurance program for the poor along with state workers’ health care plan. He’s dramatically cut the number of state workers, though mostly by issuing contracts to pay private firms to do the same work. He’s created one of the nation’s largest school voucher programs, with a price tag of $25 million this year and more than 4,900 students enrolled. Yet for all his criticism of a big federal government, Jindal has approved its excess and accepted its bounty. As a congressman, he supported deficit budgets under President George W. Bush. Jindal, like every other governor, used federal stimulus money—provided through an Obama law that Jindal assailed—to balance his state budget for at least two years and, in many instances, he traveled to small towns to hand out checks to local government leaders, while sidestepping the explanation that the dollars came from
Caesar Smith Jr. federal coffers. As many program cuts as Jindal has pushed in Louisiana, he’s feuded with his fellow Republicans in the Legislature who say he’s not done enough. Believe it or not they are absolutely correct; he has NOT done enough and still there are no solutions to the problems we faced prior to his taking office, in addition to those he has created since he has been governor. Jindal’s state government helped spend billions of dollars in federal rebuilding aid after multiple hurricanes, including Katrina. Louisiana just hosted the Super Bowl in a publicly owned stadium restored and upgraded with taxpayer money. Particularly to outsiders, Jindal has styled himself as a technocrat—competence above ideology—who doesn’t necessarily get his juice from social conservatives. He has won plaudits for disaster management on hurricanes and after the BP oil disaster. His command of policy details is obvious, according to those with access, in private meetings. Still, Jindal carefully cultivates social conservatives. A Catholic convert raised by Hindu parents, Jindal has spent countless Sundays in Protestant north Louisiana sharing his personal testimony. He signed the Louisiana Science Education Act that allows science teachers to use outside curriculum, a move that Nobel laureates protest as a back-door way to teach Biblical creation as science. His voucher program pays for children to attend religious schools that teach creationism and reject evolution.
Over his five years in office, Jindal has traveled to three dozen states to collect campaign dollars, meet voters and help other Republican candidates. He’s tapped into an extensive network of GOP fundraising and consulting firms that could help launch future political campaigns and built political relationships across key presidential states like Iowa and New Hampshire. And, as he pushes his tax overhaul, he’s hired former communications aides who worked for Romney and Mike Huckabee. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu blasted Gov. Bobby Jindal on Tuesday, saying he is putting his political ambitions ahead of the health and economic interests of Louisiana. Her comments came over Jindal’s rejection of “Medicaid expansion” as part of the federal Affordable Care Act, called ‘Obamacare,’ which goes into effect in 2014. The expansion would allow people who earn too little money to buy their own insurance, but also earn too much money, or otherwise don’t qualify for Medicaid, to get coverage under the government program. “He just seems to be adamant about pushing his political future ahead of the economic interests of the people of Louisiana. It’s very disheartening to me and a growing number of people in our state,” said Landrieu. D-La. “It’s his quest to be the next president and to check off the tea party ‘I am the most conservative person in America’ check list. If he were to get his mind and heart on the people he’s representing, we might have better outcomes.” While Landrieu gives the governor a hard time, she has not done too much for us either. The people of Louisiana will suffer unless the governor follows suit with the GOP governors of Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota and Ohio, they have previously announced their willingness to accept the federal funds. The thing is to wait, to see if the governor will trade his ideals for decent logic and reasoning.
Serious Answers to your SEXtions: Finding the ‘that’ pleasure spot There are many areas on a person’s body that can elicit sexual arousal. Most of us think we know all those spots, but there is one area on a woman’s and man’s body that can stimulate extreme sexual pleasure. If you really want to pleasure your girl, find her G-spot. The G-spot, or Gräfenberg spot, is located below the surface of the vagina. Typically, the G-spot can be felt on the vagina wall towards the front of a woman’s body. If you want to find the G-spot, feel about three inches into the vagina. Usually the G-spot is situated halfway between the pubic bone (one of the three sections the pelvis and hipbone) and cervix (cylinder shaped canal that connects the lower section of the uterus to the vagina), but precise location is still debated. Even though the G-spot is only the size
as a quarter, it is highly sensitive. It is best to stimulate the G-spot on an empty bladder because stimulation can sometimes give a woman the feeling like she has to urinate. Some women who are lucky enough to achieve orgasm through G-spot stimulation expel fluid (ejaculate). If this has happened to you, do not freak out. Ejaculation is just as natural for women as it is for men. Although men do not have a G-spot, the perineum provides equal pleasure. Both men and women have a perineum, but it provides more stimulation for men. The perineum is the area of skin that is located below the anus and extends to the base of the testicles. This area is rich in nerve endings that are a part of a different nerve system than the penis.
Kate McConnell Having the perineum massaged can provide pleasure that will make a man’s toes curl. Stimulating the perineum can also include prostate stimulation. The prostate contains nerves for erection, orgasm, and ejaculation. Stimulation can release emotional and sexual stress.
Prostate stimulation is often associated with penetration of the anus. Make sure your male partner is comfortable with that. Using petroleum-based or water-based lubricants will help ease penetration. The more stimulation the perineum area receives, the stronger a male’s orgasm will be. Stimulation can cause quicker ejaculation; so do not be embarrassed if that happens. Remember to talk to your partner before finding their G-spot. Make sure the both of you are comfortable with exploring different sexual areas. Above all, be safe. Know who you are getting sexually involved with. Use a condom and get tested. You only have one life to live, so never be pressured into doing something you will regret.
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BHM, another confinement on black culture Today is the last day of February, which means it’s the very last day of Black History month, but who really cares right? Not us, the students of an HBCU. If we do, I can’t tell. I haven’t seen much enthusiasm here on campus regarding the matter. I understand that as a black woman I should take these days to acknowledge all the people who died and appreciate all battles fought before my time that grant me simple liberties such as; voting, employment opportunities, education, and not having to live in fear due to racial prejudices. As a black woman I should appreciate and celebrate Black History month. But I don’t appreciate it, and I absolutely refuse to celebrate it. As a black woman I know my worth and the worth of my ancestors. I feel that those who sacrificed for us are worth a lot more than one month of remembrance. The fact is, an entire race was enslaved, maliciously tortured, and occasionally raped or murdered is down right shameful. The gesture of Black History month isn’t to celebrate black history and culture.
Jessica Sarpy BHM is nothing more than history segregation, it’s so that America can section off that shameful era in history. Think about it. When one thinks of what it means to be an American, what’s the first words that come to mind? Brave and honorable? Slavery was neither. Even after, slavery shame still resonates through American history with segregation. Black history is American history and should not be separated into one month. America wasn’t built on rainbows and gumdrops. It was built on pain and suffering of all races and ethnicities.
Native American Indians, Irish, and Vietnamese are just a few that were discriminated against in one point or another throughout American history. Is there a Jewish history month? Is there an Asian heritage month? Is there an Anglo-Saxon culture month? Discrimination is almost a prerequisite to becoming an American. I guess that’s why we attained the title “the melting pot” because people got ‘melted’ in whether the others races liked it or not. Throughout American History we are supposed to learn that there are many different ‘flavors’ and colors of American, but we all were delivered the same ‘kick’ and that ‘kick’ is what it means to be an American. Black history month is only a month. You can celebrate being black everyday of your natural born life. So yes, celebrate jazz music, black athletes and entertainers, musicians, and our president, but don’t confine that celebration into one month. Celebrate it whenever you please. That’s how I will honor my ancestors, but more importantly I will celebrate being an American, because that’s what they fought for.
Life is to fairy-tale as Love is to perfection As a young girl, you watch love stories and fairy tales, and you think to yourself, this is what I want when I get older. So as you get older, you look for chivalry and try to put your heart in the men you date, just to realize LIFE ISN’T A FAIRY TALE. Even though you may wish it, good men don’t just pop up. You have to know how to find him, just as men know how to find a good woman. It takes time to find the man of your dreams. Some people find the right one early in life. Some find him later. Meanwhile, in order to find that “right one”, you date the wrong ones that just seem right, right now. There are many different sides to men. How to pick the right one however is an everyday struggle for some women. I see it all the time, and so do you. Think about it: when was the last time you felt in love, truly in love with butterflies in your stomach and tingles down your spine every time he says your name, or touches your skin? Truth of the matter is that sometimes, most women look for men that fulfill their short-term dreams; what they want in their life at the moment. Not someone who they will be compatible with in 20 years. Long-term, you may find that he is not right for you and then your hunt
Ariana Triggs for “Mr. Right” continues. If all you want is sex out of a man, let that be known instead of going through the motions with a man that surely doesn’t have the potential to commit or be a husband to you someday. If you are looking for love, make sure you love yourself first. Have the greatest self-confidence because you can’t truly love anyone else unless you love yourself first and know that your true value is priceless. I began my relationship with my perfect companion three years ago on March 5th. When we met, I was casually dating and I was honest with him. I told him I have other male friends and I wasn’t looking for anything right away. It’s important that honesty be the pedestal for any relationship because if you don’t trust him, your serious relationship will be hell and the last thing you need to be worried about is a lying man or covering up your lies. Once we spent enough time together,
I realized I was falling in love so I stopped dating casually and began my serious relationship with him. Women that start off trying to fall in love usually don’t get far. Women who usually start off trying to be in a committed relationship with a man you just met are usually failures. It’s resisting the feeling for the moment and knowing how to tell love from infatuation. If you aren’t clever enough to tell these two apart, your heart will forever be on an ongoing rollercoaster taking you from heaven to earth to hell every time you turn your head. Know that no one can show you the perfect man or tell you what the perfect man is because they aren’t you. Only you can find your own happiness. I find that dating is like shoes; only you can try on and feel out the perfect size, style, perfect brand, perfect color, heel; the perfect shoe for you because you may like Christian Louboutin, but I may like Alexander McQueen. My grandmother once told me fools never know what they’re missing because they can’t see past the bull crap that’s in front of them. At the time, she was ranting about a family member out of disappointment, but I actually took that and used it as one of my many life lessons. Once you clear your head of what society has labeled “the right way to date” then you will be able to pick out your ‘perfect shoe’.
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