Vol. 67 No. 10

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Vol 67 | Number 10 THE TSU HERALD | February 19, 2015

CAMPUS NEWS page 2

TSU PROFESSOR TEACHES ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY “HUSTLE AND FAITH”

LIFE & STYLE page 5

RYAN AND ASHLEY SMALL TAKE PR TO THE NEXT LEVEL

SPORTS page 6

TIGERS FALL SHORT TO PV PANTHERS

POLITICS page 7

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE TEACHES STUDENTS #BLACKLIVESMATTER

Black Men Matter:

Highlighting notable men at Texas Southern

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Campus News TSU professor teaches entrepreneurship by “Hustle and Faith” The five easiest trends to follow for Spring 2015

BY LENZI CAUSEY Managing Editor

Inspired by those around him, Marcus Wiley wrote and published his book, Hustle and Faith to illustrate the importance of having a virtuous work ethic and belief in oneself in order to be successful.

“God will honor your faith and reward your hustle, so you have to take the necessary steps in order for everything else to kick in,” Wiley said.

With intentions to reach out to people who want great things for their lives, Wiley wrote from the perspective of a mentor and even in the book’s formality, his strong personality shone through.

“My intended audience is anybody who believes they are talented or skilled but feel stuck or don’t know what steps to take.”

Wiley reminisces on his college professors using the books they wrote as the assigned book for their courses. He sells ‘Hustle

and Faith’ to his students for many more reasons than one.

“Most of the professors I had in school sold us the book they wrote,” Wiley said.

“My book can be purchased anywhere great books are sold, but I believe my students need to see an example of entrepreneurship.

They need to see a tangible example that it can all be done.”

Wiley also quotes scriptures and talks about how his Christian faith correlates with his life and works, and how during his writing process that’s what spoke to him.

“What I share in this book is a principle all faiths share; you

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MECOLE’ HAYES Managing Editor LENZI CAUSEY Campus News Editor MARIEA BOYD Sports Editor SIDNIE HOLMES Opinion Editor LINDSAY GARY Life & Style KENNETH WARE JR. Publications Manager TIYOSHA TURNER Advisors SERBINO SANDIFER-WALKER MICHAEL BERRYHILL

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have to do some work for things to happen in your life.”

The bible is the root of his endeavors and the foundation of his book that he shares with many others.

“I don’t have a particular favorite author... I like the stories in the bible. That’s where you can find all your ‘Scandal’, ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ and all your ‘Being Mary Jane’... all you need to read is in the bible.”

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Campus News Revisiting Our Roots: Students set to re-enact Houston historic sit-in

BY ASHANTI HOWARD Contributing Writer

A courageous group of Texas Southern University students nonviolent demonstrations set the tone for Houston’s Civil Rights movement in the 1950’s and 60’s.

TSU law student Eldrewey Stearns led a group of protesters to local grocery store Weingarten’s on March 4, 1960, which is now considered Houston’s first “sit-in.”

Seventeen students met under the campus flagpole and marched toward 4110 Almeda Road.

When they arrived at the supermarket the objective was to be served at the lunch counter despite Jim Crow Laws.

“We wanted change, and it was something you had to be willing to die for,” Stearns said. “And I was willing to die for a noble cause.”

Other students joined but for hours they sat never to be served.

The student’s bold and strategically organized event enforced political change in the south.

Houston marked the site 4110 Almeda

Road, now a post office, as a historical marker.

Next month TSU Professor Serbino Sandier-Walker and her students will participate in a reenactment of the memorable sit in, in honor of its 55th anniversary.

She was inspired by ex-TSU professor and original sit-in organizer Holly Hogrobrooks’s passion to duplicate the movement.

“These people are history makers.

They are iconic. They are courageous. They are heroic!” Walker said.

Students will meet near the Sawyer Auditorium, the original starting point and sing freedom song “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” as they march to the sit-in landmark.

“I just want my students to know what it felt like, in their hearts emotionally and physically. I like to give students a real inside look at the significance and historical impact of this institution,” Walker says.

This significant protest was inspired by the monumental Greensboro, N.C. sit-in on Feb. 1, 1960.

News Update Texas Southern University receives anonymous bomb threat

BY MARIEA BOYD Campus News Editor HOUSTON,TX- Last Tuesday the Jesse H. Jones- School of Business and the Thurgood Marshall Law School received an anonymous bomb threat around 11:45 a.m.

The Texas Southern University police department sent out a warning email urging students in those buildings to vacate until further notice.

They later issued an “All Clear” on the bomb threat and resumed all classes. TSU police department is still looking into the source of the threat.

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Cover Story

Black Men Matter: Highlighting notable men at Texas Southern University

BY MARIEA BOYD Campus News Editor

As the lives of African American men, slaughtered and belittled, appear on the front pages of newspapers, it’s easy to forget about the ones who are working hard at their universities and in their communities to secure a bright future.

In honor of those men, the TSU Herald newspaper highlighted two leading men moving towards those dreams and their opinions on the Black man versus America.

Marcus Johnson is a senior at Texas Southern University studying Political Science and also serves as the Attorney General for the Student Government Association.

“America is afraid of the successful black man because for so long the black male was held back [as opposed to now] when the black male has so much opportunity to become leaders in the community,” Johnson said.

As a child, Johnson never dreamed of being a policeman or a firefighter but as he grew older, he developed a passion for business management.

“I grew older and started to develop and I realized that I wanted to run a Fortune 500 company,” he added.

“By time I got to my sophomore year of college I started to pay attention to brand management and how large companies managed the sales of their products.”

Last summer, Marcus was one of the few African Americans to be selected for a full-time paid internship at Altria Distribution Company, the parent company of Phillip Morris Tobacco.

“I was honored to be the only one to represent TSU out of 400 students in the program,” Johnson said.

After completing the internship Johnson was offered a full time position within the company, which comes with benefits in which he accepted and will start immediately after graduation in May.

“I would definitely say I am working toward my dream,” he closed.

“As African American males its our job to teach the younger generation how to respond to discrimination and make sure that they are raised with manners, respect for other, and self respect so people around them no matter what race have no choice but to respect them.”

Terrence Bolton, a senior studying Radio Television and Film has worn many hats in his lifetime.

After serving 14 years in the US Navy as a culinary specialist Bolton returned to school to finish his degree in communications and also serve as TSU’s SGA president.

“I believe that there is a concern not just a fear of the successful black man,” Bolton said.

Bolton has always had a passion for the culinary arts.

While serving his time in the Navy, Bolton received his chef’s certification courtesy of the United States Navy’s Morale, Welfare, and Recreation program.

Bolton is also the Chief of Operations and Finance of SMASHFESTENT.

These two men are set examples from different backgrounds and generations on what it means to be a successful African American man.

As long as there are college campuses cultivating good manners and high scholastics, their will always be a role model and a coach to help younger men achieve their goals too.

“America is afraid of the successful black man because for so long the black male was held back [as opposed to now] when the black male has so much opportunity to become leaders in the community.” Marcus Johnson

Senior, Radio Television and Film major, Student Government Association President, Terrence Bolton

Senior, Political Science major, Student Government Association Attorney General, Marcus Johnson

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Life & Style Ryan and Ashley Small take public The five easiest trends to follow for Spring 2015 relations to the next level

BY JORGE MOSCOZO Contributing Writer as a music producer in New York and Clear his girlfriend who later became his wife, Ash Texas Southern University alumni ley.

Ryan and Ashley Small are not just working in Channel ATL in Atlanta, Georgia. Small also worked at TSU’s own KTSU Radio Station.

Ryan recalls how he and Ashley joined the Public Relations field, they are expanding

TSU is also the college where he met to create their business. it.

With clients such as “We were engaged at the time.

Major League Baseball, She was into social media, and The Rose, and The Housshe said, ‘Let’s do it together.’” ton International Festival, Later on, she, alongside her the married couple have husband, found Medley-Inc., taken PR and turned it into which is the public relations firm a giant brand of their own. that rose to its full achievement.

Ryan Small did Ashley works on the presidennot consider TSU as his tial operations of the firms and first choice college, but his Ryan oversees the operations mother and grandfather with her. talked to him about TSU, Not only is Ryan working with so he gave it a try, and he Medley-Inc., he is also the owner fell in love with the univerof Small Rock Films, which he sity. also works as a film director.

The location, the Their connections formed opportunities in the city friendships all over the world, and the university itself are, which sets their job to a high Ryan said, what made him standard, and they have busitranslate into his career. ness with everybody, not just one

He then spoke on group. how the university that he Both Ashley and Ryan Small attended jumpstarted his have taken public relations to a business.

Ashley and Ryan Small during their spring wedding circa high level, and their business continues

“I started an internship when I 2010. to grow. was a freshman,” Small said.

Small’s resume includes work

Practice a healthy diet for a healthy heart

BY NANDI GEIGER Contributing Writer Here’s one more reason to “Go Red” in February. February is American Heart Month, which means there are plenty of reasons to show some love to your body. Did you know that an estimated one in three deaths that occur annually is due to heart disease and stroke? This equates to a whopping 2,200 deaths per day!

Luckily, there are some things that can be done to help reduce the risk of heart disease. Here are a few tips:

Be sure to eat a heart healthy diet.

• Eat more fruits and veggies of all shapes, colors, and sizes.

• Consume more Omega-3 fatty acids; these can be found in salmon, flaxseeds and yogurt.

• Opt for more nutrient rich foods while avoiding processed, refined, high calorie, and high sodium foods such as canned fruit that are heavy in syrup or breaded veggies.

Have healthy coping skills.

• Yoga is not only an excellent form of exercise. According to experts at Harvard Medical School, it is also a very calming way to ease stress, lower high blood pressure and even regulate an irregular heartbeat.

• In conjunction, one should avoid binge

alcohol drinking while opting for healthier drinks such as red wine, which is a very heart healthy drink, instead.

Cut back on table salt.

Stay Active.

• Diet and exercise go hand in hand.

Without a healthy diet exercise would be pointless. The same is true in the reverse. Be sure that while you are reaching for those wonderful veggies that you include cardio in your regimen. Your body is sure to thank you.

Walking, biking and jogging are all excellent ways to stay fit.

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Sports In overtime struggle, Tigers fall short to Prairie View

BY TONY MONK Sports Writer

Yet another SWAC rival game is written in the books as the Tigers fell short to the Prairie View A&M Panthers 58-55 in an overtime loss.

Credit both teams for holding true to the rivalry as the game went down to the wire from start to finish.

Texas Southern stood its ground in the first half leading 26-24 after a clutch jumper by Madarious Gibbs.

But the Panthers had brought their best game to the court as they shot out to an early lead to start the second half.

Guards Montrael Scott and Tre Hagood led the Panthers offense with 16 and 14 points respectively on the night.

Texas Southern answered back with a trio of scorers of their own with Madarious Gibbs and David Blanks scoring 12 points apiece, and Chris Thomas coming up the rear with 10 points.

The defenses of both teams showed a lot of heart as they limited the opposing offense the whole night.

The fighting Tigers were 20 of 64 in shooting and 2 of 18 in threepoint shooting while Prairie View wasn’t much better with 22 of 62, and 4 of 13 in three pointers as well.

In a game that featured highlights from both sides it would be the team that made the least amounts of mistakes to snatch victory in the final closing minutes of overtime.

Prairie View would win the turnover battle, as the Tigers could not limit their mistakes when it counted most amassing 14 turnovers to the Panthers 12 giving Prairie View the game.

The Tigers sit 13-12 in the SWAC and take on Arkansas PineBluff in their upcoming home game.

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Opinion Dartmouth College teaches students #BlackLivesMatter

BY LENZI CAUSEY Managing Editor

the course all come from different disciplines focus on St. Louis and its racial history.

Ivy League higher education instituincluding Geography, Humanities, Mathemat Others are expected to lecture on poettion, Dartmouth College in Hanover, New ry, prose, music, religious sermons, behaviors, Hampshire, is launching it’s #BlackLivesMat- ics and English.

“Even though we might be sort of and the social depiction of the occurrences in ter course of study this Spring. cloistered away in the ivory tower or someFerguson.

#BlackLivesMatter, as we know it, is thing, we felt very much moved by, incited by, a hashtag that circulates through social media “There is a special energy that was derived around this,” said Abigail Neely, an from the brutality assistant professor of geography at and exploitation Dartmouth. of African-Amer “It’s designed to transgress the icans in the U.S. boundaries between disciplines in

In a colan effort to do some really deep, laboration with sustained critical thinking about it’s Center for the some of the most important issues Advancement of in the country and world at this Learning, Dartmoment.” mouth is offering The putting forth of the course this new class is meant as a revolutionary movetitled, ‘10 Weeks, ment to teach students the reality 10 Professors: of what is happening around us. #BlackLivesMatTo keep up with it’s progression, ter.’ frequently visit The Dartmouth’s The website for more information. course was designed to exam“Even though we ine race, violence and inequality might be sort of throughout history and recent cloistered away in the events. ivory tower or This course of action something, we felt was taken after very much moved by, the deaths of Michael Brown incited by, inspired by and Eric Garner, along with counta lot of the activists’ Young protestors hold signs in Freedom Plaza during a protest in less others over work following the Washington, D.C. the past year, and as the world took on the protests, so did the students failure to indict Darren and educators at Dartmouth.

Wilson after the events inspired by a lot of the activists’ work follow “If colleges cannot address current ing the failure to indict Darren Wilson after the in Ferguson.” - Assistant events in an intellectually rigorous manner then what are they good for,” Mary K. Coffey, events in Ferguson,” Aimee Bahng, an assistant professor of English at Dartmouth told professor of English at Dartmouth College’s Art History department CNN. “We wanted to not leave this behind chair asked in a recent interview.

Dartmouth, Aimee Bahng after winter break.”

According to The Dartmouth, it’s stu One if it’s first lessons is expected to dent newspaper, the 10 professors set to teach

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What’s Happening on campus & around town

Monday - 2/16

Tuesday - 2/17

Wednesday - 2/18

Thursday - 2/19

Pre-Law Society presents: Know Your Rights 7:00 p.m.

SSLC 207 A

Monday - 2/23 TSUMBB vs. Mississippi Valley State 7:30 p.m.

H&PE Arena

Tuesday - 2/24

Wednesday - 2/25

Thursday - 2/26

Friday - 2/20 TSU Baseball vs.

Jackson state 3:30 p.m.

TBA

Friday - 2/27

The Weekend 2/21 & 2/22 2/21: TSUMBB vs. University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff 7:30 p.m.

H&PE Arena

The Weekend 2/28 & 3/1 2/28: TSUMBB vs. Alabama State 5:00 p.m.

Montgomery, Ala.

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