USC

Dec 24 2010

Two-year bowl ban

LOS ANGELES, Calif.— USC's appeal of the NCAA penalties against its football team will be heard Jan. 22 in Indianapolis, athletic director Pat Haden stated.

The NCAA issued a two-year bowl ban against the Trojans in June and stripped the team of 10 scholarships for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 seasons because of improper benefits received by star running back Reggie Bush.

In an interview with SC TV this week, Haden said he was "not terribly optimistic that we are going to win the appeal.''

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Nov 18 2010

The need for STEM education

Iridescent is a science-education nonprofit that helps engineers, scientists, and technology professionals bring innovative science, technology and engineering to high school girls, and underprivileged minority children and their families.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Nov 18 2010

America’s most wanted slaves

Dare we not forget the solemnly shameful, yet strangely glorious past of American history, when Africans were stolen from their homes, stripped of their languages, religions, cultures, and families; when countless ancestors perished over the Atlantic in the bowels of grand ships, locked in chains and human waste; when Black people were bought, sold and traded.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Oct 28 2010
Thousands stand in line

In some respects, President Barack Obama’s appearance at USC last Friday was like a giant family gathering or love fest. In fact during his speech, one listener yelled out “We love you” and the president responded “We love you back.”

There was entertainment courtesy of the SC Trojan band, the Foshay Choir and the L.A-based urban-Latin band Ozomatli. There was comedian Jamie Foxx helping to keep folks entertained, while moving the program forward.

Oct 21 2010

News briefs

President Barack Obama had signed H.R. 5450 to rename the Crenshaw post office in honor of Los Angeles’s first African American mayor.

The post office will be renamed the “Tom Bradley Post Office.”

“I am pleased that the president signed this bill to rename the Crenshaw post office in honor of a person who dedicated his life to public service. The Tom Bradley Post Office will serve as a testament to his unprecedented years of dedication to the city of L.A.,” said Congresswoman Diane E. Watson, (D-CA).

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”