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twitter.com/TheTSUHerald THE TSU HERALD | March 24, 2015Vol 67 | Number 12

STUDENTS LOOK FOR-WARD TO SPRING FEST 2015

Second Straight NCAA Tournament

Yields Same Results For Tigers

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEFMECOLE’ HAYESManaging EditorLENZI CAUSEY

Campus News EditorMARIEA BOYD

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Opinion EditorLINDSAY GARY

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Campus NewsThe five easiest trends

to follow for Spring 2015

BY MECOLE’ HAYESEditor-in-Chief

Letter From The Editor

Greetings Tigers, and welcome back to another semester, which I hope, will be prosperous for you all. Here at the TSU Herald, we are always looking for tools, techniques and personalities we think will moti-vate the student body to take a more active role with the publication. Within the past year, the cir-culation of our publication has seen a drastic increase in reader activity both online and on campus, and we couldn’t be more excited to know that students, faculty and alumni are enjoy-ing the content we work tirelessly to keep updated and engaging. AsIentermyfinalsemesterhere at Texas Southern University,

Ican’thelpbuttoreflectonthetwoterms that I have served as your Edi-tor-in-Chief. Duringmyfirstterm,myfocuswas to engage students by allowing them to speak vicariously through The TSU Herald and to contribute their ideas along with the ones of The TSU Herald staff, advisors and publication manager. I believe that in the past, a num-ber of factors caused students to feel a disconnect with the publication and my focus was to bridge that gap. I wanted students to know that our publication cannot thrive without their support and participation and I sit here today, proud that many of those

barriers have been knocked down. This year, my staff and I focused on covering a wide

range of subjects, events and investiga-tive stories that stu-dents may otherwise, have no knowledge of.

The idea was to keep the content fresh, the layout engaging and the circulation at an all-time high.

In closing, I would like to thank my staff, publication manager, advisors, and the student body for the support you all have shown throughout my terms.

Had it not been for

you all, I have no idea how I would’ve found the courage to continue. To graduates of May 2015, I want to wish you all the best of luck with your future endeavors and join you as we collectively shout “Mama, I made it!”

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Campus News

Local news station solicits for negative images from recent university brawlBY ASHANTI HOWARDContributing Writer

BY JORGE MOSCOZOContributing Writer

Students look forward to Spring Fest 2015

Students gear up for a week full of events as UPC prepares for its annual Spring-fest Week to be held April 12th-18th. TSU will be enjoying some exciting activities this semester at an event like no other. While the festivities won’t start until the midweek of April, students can get an update on what will be occurring throughout the months of March and April. TSU senior and vice president of Event Services, Porcherria Johnson, discussed a few details about the event from the perspective of one of the organizers of Spring Fest. Titled “Welcome to the Fabulous TSU Spring Fest,” this year’s theme falls along the

lines of extravagant awards shows and captur-ing the essence of Las Vegas. “Last year’s didn’t go as planned because we had a couple of issues,” Johnson said. Thoseissuespreventedthetimeflowof the activities, but Johnson and her team are making sure this upcoming Spring Fest will go as planned. In hopes of its truth, Johnson says that Spring Fest will “bring life to the university.” Not only does UPC plan to work and deliver that action, students are expecting great things once the festivities arrive. “New ideas made by new people [are

the basis for Spring Fest],” Johnson said. Those ideas will executed through the week’s events including the Tiger Choice Awards Show, Woodstock Festival, and a concert. The concert will have a performer, but according to Johnson’s staff, that information will not be disclosed until a later date. In addition to a concert, a fashion show will also take place in a “Vegas Strip” setting. Johnson thanks those who aided her in its planning making everything happen for Spring Fest; those new perspectives, mindsets and ideas are what fueled its organization.

Texas Southern University Lady Tigers took on Baton Rouge’s Southern University end-ing with double forfeits and negative headlines. Tensions were high during the Southwest-ern Athletic Conference on Saturday, March 8th to end the women’s basketball regular-season title game to move forward in the SWAC tournament. Withonly12:36leftinthequarter,afightbroke out between Southern and Texas Southern. Southernwasleading51-49beforeofficialsruledthe game a double forfeit. It’s no secret TSU has been in the news for its athletic accomplishments and downfalls. Local Houston broadcast network ABC 13 took full advantage of the unfortunate event asking faculty and staff to provide footage for a story. Following the incident, the news outlet

tweeted, “An altercation broke out last night @ Southwestern Athletic Conference Did you snap photos, videos of the brawl, send them to news@abc13.com.” ABC’s soliciting ads to the negative stereotypes of HBCUs, African Americans, and women in this particular case. Thisisthefirsttimeanewsoutlethasinquired information via social media from TSU. It’s very seldom that local news outlets cover positive issues in regard to the university both on and off campus. TSU offers over 100 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and produces nearly one-third of the black pharmacists practicing na-tionwide. Their request did not go over well with

SGA president Terrance Bolton. “I’ve noticed a trend. When something bad happensattheuniversity,fiveminuteslaterit’sall over the internet and the news! People tend to flocktothenegativebecauseit’smoreofaformofentertainment than reporting,” Bolton said. Nearly three weeks ago, TSU sent three busloads of students for TSU day at the capital. There was no media coverage over this event. Fox 26 tweeted about hundreds of Catho-lics heading to Austin for Catholic Advocacy Day. As students, we have to be mindful of keeping the university’s positive legacy and stop the reckless social media postings and negative spewing while discussing the university.

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Cover Story

BY TONY MONKSports Writer

Second straight NCAA tournament yields same results for Tigers

For the second straight year the Texas Southern Tigers men’s basketball team found themselves in the NCAA tournament, but were denied yet again at the hands of a 93-72 defeat against the Arizona State Wildcats. Credit the Tigers for making another appearance in the NCAA tournament, after winning back-to-back titles in the Southwest-ern Athletic Championship games, with the latest win against Southern University in a 62-58 showdown. The win marked the second time in history the team would go to the tourney in back-to-back years since earning the nods in 1994 and 1995, and the third championship under head coach Mike Davis. With a record of 22-12 leading into the game, TSU found themselves as the 15th seed in the tournament going up against the Wild-cats who were ranked as number two. Though they were underdogs going into the matchup, the Tigers weren’t counted out as Arizona needed to stay on their heels going against a team that had bested notable

schools like Michigan State ranked at no. 25 during the season, as well as Kansas State. And so the game commenced with the Tigersfindingthemselvesinanearlyhole,astheymissedsevenofitsfirsteightand10of14 shots to start the game. The Wildcats would take advantage of their mistakes as they went up 15-2 within the firstfewminutesofthegame. After managing to get the offense rolling, the Tigers were shooting 47.1 percent fromthefieldinthefirsthalfduetothebreak-down of Arizona’s defense, though it would not be enough as the Tigers were still trailing by 21 at the end of the half. The Tigers were led by SWAC player of the year Madarious Gibbs who added an-other 15 points to close out an amazing career, assistinghimwasTonnieCollierwhofinishedwith 10 points after posting eight of those withinthefirstsevenminutesofplay,theTigers couldn’t match the high octane offense of the Wildcats as Arizona’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Stanley Johnson combine for 45

points. Though the score tells a different story, theTigerswereefficientoncetheygottheballrolling shooting 54.5 percent in the second half, their bench outscored the Arizona’s bench 23-9, but the Wildcats primary players was all it took to make the difference. Leading by double digits since the beginningofthefirsthalftheWildcatsneverlooked back forcing the Tigers to play catch up the rest of the way, taking the 93-72 victory. Despite the heartbreaking loss, head coach Mike Davis had high praise for the Tigers, telling TSU Athletics he was “proud of the team and the overall effort throughout the game” calling it a great season, also adding the Wildcats were “extremely athletic” playing very disciplined basketball. The Tigers men’s basketball team wouldfinishtheseasonona23-13recordand 16-2 in league play, expect them to be the front runners for a third SWAC Championship and another NCAA tourney invite.

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Life & Style

BY NANDI GEIGERContributing Writer

BY JABARI SHERMANContributing Writer

Women’s History Month Spotlight: Congreswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

Eddie Bernice Johnson was born De-cember 3, 1935 from Waco, Texas. A politician who served as a U.S. House of Representatives Johnson’s as-pirations were in medicine she attended Saint Mary’s College where she received her diploma for nursing in 1956. Johnson attended Texas Christian University for her Bachelor’s degree in its nursing program, and later went on to get her MPA from Southern Methodist University in 1976. ShewasthefirstAfricanAmeri-can who served as Chief Psychiatric Nurse at the Dallas Veterans Administra-tion Hospital where she served for 16 years before going into politics. In 1972, Johnson ran for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives. Shenotonlybecamethefirstblack woman to have this position but sheisthefirstwomaninTexashistorytolead a major Texas House of Representa-tives committee, the Labor Committee. Sheleftofficein1977afterPresi-dent Jimmy Carter appointed her as the Regional Director for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, also the firstAfrican-Americanwomantoholdthis position. Johnson entered politics again in 1986, and was elected a Texas State Senator. Her focuses while holding that position were on healthcare, education, public housing, racial equity, economic development, and job expansion. She served on the Finance Commit-tee, for which she chaired the subcommittee

on Health and Human Services, and on the Education Committee. Her interest in health care led her to

write legislation to regulate diagnostic radiol-ogy centers, require drug testing in hospitals, prohibit discrimination against AIDS victims,

improve access to health care for AIDS pa-tients, and prohibit hospital kickbacks to doc-tors.

As a fair housing advocate, she spon-sored a bill to empower city govern-ments to repair substandard housing at the expense of landlords, and wrote a bill to enforce prohibitions against housing discrimination. The 17th chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, she was a leading voice in opposition to the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq Resolution of 2002. DuringdebateontheHousefloor,shestated: “I am not convinced that giving the President the authority to launch a unilateral,first-strikeattackonIraqisthe appropriate course of action at this time. While I believe that under interna-tional law and under the authority of our Constitution, the United States must maintain the option to act in its own self-defense, I strongly believe that the administration has not provided evidence of an imminent threat of attack on the United States that would justify a unilat-eral strike. I also believe that actions alone, with-out exhausting peaceful options, could seriously harm global support for our war on terrorism and distract our own

resources from this cause.” Johnson was handily re-nominated

in the Democratic primary election held on March 4, 2014 and re-elected.

Celebrating Women’s History Month

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

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Life & Style

Preparing for summer travel on a college budgetBY KENNETH WARE JR.Life & Style Editor

You survived Spring Break, and even withSpringfestandfinalexamsrightaroundthe corner, it is not too early to plan your sum-mer vacation. Staying safe, enjoying yourself and keepingtrackoffinancesshouldallbetoppriorities. The earlier you book your trip will determine how much you save on airfare. Do not wait until the end of May to start searching for roundtrip tickets in June. Fordomesticflights,SouthwestAir-lines usually has the lowest fares, plus you can flywithtwobagsforfree. “I booked three trips this summer to New Orleans, San Francisco and Fort Lauder-dale and only had to spend $1,000 on airfare with Southwest,” Damien Carter, a freshman studying computer science said.

For the best prices on international travel,GoogleFlightsoffersusersflightsearchtoolsthatmakeiteasytoquicklyfindthebestflight. You can use Google Flights to search for countries, states, islands and more from any origin in the United States and many countries around the world. Texas Southern University alumnus Tremayne Parks never books an international tripwithoutfirstcheckingtheU.S.Departmentof State website. “They provide all the current travel alerts and warnings,” Parks said. For the budget conscious, Eastern Eu-rope, certain Latin American countries, India, Nepal and southeast Asia offer some incred-ibly economical deals. Graduating senior Alan Williams plans

tofinallyusehispassportthissummer. “I am planing a trip to Greece before I enter graduate school,” Williams said. If you do not have a passport, then you can never go wrong with visiting Miami, Las Vegas or New York City.

For safety reasons, always keep a list of phone numbers with you and photocopies of your U.S. federal or state-issued photo ID. Make sure you also have enough spending money available just in case you experience an emergency. After completing another semester of college work you deserve to have some fun this summer. Book a trip now and thank me later.

First lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move”fitnessinitiativefloodssocialmediaasshe travels the world on a mission to lower the obesity rates of children in America. “The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake,” Just a week ago Michelle posted a video promoting a duo personal trainer team account, @TwoBadBodies. Featured on their instagram account spottedisthefirstladynotonlyacknowledg-ing the team, but also challenging them to post 5newworkoutsforthefive-yearanniversaryofthefitnessinitiative. Award winning singer Beyoncé Knowles also was featured on Mrs. Obamas

Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative get’s America FitBY MARIEA BOYDCampus News Editor

page celebrating the 5th anniversary by show-ing off a speedy version of her home work-outs. While in Thailand visiting high schools and speaking on the importance of education Michelle Obama uploaded a picture of her practicing Tai Chi a graceful form of exercise originally developed for self-defense with young students. “Tai Chi is a truly beautiful form of physical activity and I loved giving it a try,” Michelle exclaimed. In 2009 Let’s Move! A comprehensive initiative, launched by the First Lady, dedi-cated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity. Since then the Let’s Move initiative

hasbackedupbythefirsteverWhiteHouseTask Force on Childhood Obesity Report to the President. This report is set to develop and imple-ment an inter-agency plan that details a coordi-natedstrategy,identifieskeybenchmarks,andoutlines an action plan to end the problem of childhood obesity within a generation. The goal of the action plan is to reduce thechildhoodobesityratetojustfivepercentby 2030 – the same rate before childhood obe-sityfirstbegantoriseinthelate1970s. In total, the report presents a series of 70specificrecommendations. With the help of Big Bird and the whole Sesame Street the First Lady has been the leading lady for a healthy and active life-style.

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TSU Men’s Cross Country places second in SWAC Championship Texas Southern placed second to rival school Praire View A&M in the cross country championship held in Clinton Mississippi at Choc-taw Trails. TSU’s own Jose Medina and Isaac Rome-ro along with D’Ante Almo, from Jackson State earnedfirstteamhonors. The Flying Tigers ended the day with 48 points, claiming two of the top three spots. Rival SWAC school Alabama State would close out the top three spots along with TSU with 84 points.

New signees to join the Lady Tigers Volleyball team Texas Southern Head Volleyball Coach Jocelyn Adams recently announced that Asia

Opinion/Politics

BY AMBER VERNONContributing Writer

#RacismIsAliveandWell: Outrage spreads after SAE fraternity video

Outragespreadlikewildfireafteravideo of a University of Oklahoma fraternity chanting racial slurs went viral. Members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity were found using chants that made references to lynching. Their chant also suggested that blacks would never be sworn into their fraternity. Almost immediately following the on-line disclosure of the video, social media blew up with the hashtag #RacismIsAliveAndWell. Just as the hashtag states, racism is still a very prominent issue in the United States. Amidst the public outrage for the SAE fraternity video, it seemed like everyone was on one accord. It wasn’t until Nevada GOP lawmaker Michele Fiore decided to open her mouth that it dawned on me that history is starting to repeat itself. TheHuffingtonPostreportedthatFiore made a comment regarding the current status of racism during a hearing about voter ID legislation. “We’re in 2015 and we have a black president, in case anyone didn’t notice,” Fiore said. “So the color and the race issue, I think it’s time that we put that to rest.”

It is outrageous that someone would think that because America has a black presi-dent, the “race card”, as some have come to call it, should be put away. Fiore must have missed the headlines that have been in the news the past eight months. In fact, it was revealed earlier in March that the federal investigation surround-ing the Ferguson Police Department accused them of infringing on the rights of black civil-ians. ThereportfoundFPDofficersguiltyof stopping drivers without reasonable suspi-cion, making arrests without probable cause and using excessive force. The Justice Department also found several racist emails that were exchanged. After the report was publicized, the Ferguson police chief resigned. The University of Oklahoma and the city of Ferguson are not the only places expe-riencing racism. It is happening right here in Texas. CNN reported that authorities are in-vestigating who put “white-only” stickers on businesses in Austin. The horrible truth of it all is that these headlines are just the events that have been

reported. There is many more that haven’t re-ceived enough attention. People who don’t think it is an issue that continue to condone racism are making the problem worse. The two SAE fraternity brothers, for example, who were expelled from OU for leading the racist chant, said it was taught to them. Although they learned it from some-one, they knew of the consequences for recit-ing something so repulsive and still continued to do so, despite recent headlines. With people who think this kind of be-havior is okay, all society is doing is breeding more racially biased and insensitive individu-als and thus passing the racism torch down from generation to generation. With this type of pattern in place, it is almost impossible to dilute the problem. Members from past generations agree that not much has changed since the days of the Civil Rights era. They say if you live long enough, you’ll start to see history repeat itself, a say-ing that could not have rung with more truth in this day and age.

Howard and Natashia Barker will both be joining the Tigers program in the upcoming Fall. Barker is a 5-11 outside hitter from South Mountain High School in Phoenix, Arizona she led her team in almost every category, she was an All-Tournament team recipient for three years while a part of the program Howard, a 5-9 setter from C. E. Ellison High School in Killeen and was the MVP during the 2013 and 2014 volleyball seasons, she was also named to the First Team All- District.

Lady Tigers bowling teams falls to rival Praire View in SWAC Championship match The Lady Tigers lost a heated title match against Prairie View Sunday afternoon at the Inter-national Training and Research center in Arlington Texas.

Prairie View A&M started the day winning thefirstsetwithatotalpin-fallof214to166. TheLadyPanthersbowledfivestrikes,while Texas Southern bowled two strikes of their own. PVAMU collected the second victory of the day, 205 to 174. The Lady Panthers submitted strikes in all frames except the eighth, gaining the win and leav-ing the round 3-2. Seven strikes in the sixth set from the Lady Tigers created a tie between the two teams, 3-3, forcing a seventh and deciding game. PVwouldfinishwitha222counttogetthe edge over the Tigers with a 4-3 win in a seven set matchup. Inthefinalframeoftheround,PrairieView A&M got a 222 pin fall count and a 4-3 win in the best of seven matchup

Sports RundownBY TONY MONKSports Writer

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20 Questions1. Which spring break location was better?2. Panama or Padre?3. Did you do anything that you regret?4.Who all knew about the election meeting?5. Who’s running for Miss TSU?6. Are they going to bring the pageant back?7. Or is it going to be another popularity contest?8. Anybody running for SGA President?9. Why have administrators led us to believe that Rudley was the reason we couldn’thold some of the events we’ve requested?10. Why don’t they want the students to enjoy themselves on campus?11. Why are the events being held inside and in front of the student center keep being stopped? 12. Where else can students be students if not in the student center?13. Which org. is going to take an active role to #bringbacktheyard?14. Are yall going to #GoneToTheMoon or the tent party for springfest?15. Is every hump day going to be at noon now or will they still be reverse?16. Is it sundress season yet?17. Can we retire the word “thot” now?18. Which org. week do you think will be the livest?19. SGA, Alpha, Delta, Zeta?20. Did anybody know it was Zeta week?

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