FSU Turns to Capel for Classic

Fayetteville State University announced Tuesday the inaugural Felton J. Capel Sr. Celebrity Golf Classic, to be held Aug. 3-5 at Whispering Pines. Capel was joined by several FSU officials and other dignitaries at a press conference held at the County Club of Whispering Pines, where the event will take place.

Officials hope the tournament will become an annual event that will help raise money for student scholarships to FSU. CCWP was chosen as the location for the event because it accommodates 250 golfers at a time -- double the capacity of an average course. The club boasts two 18-hole courses.

Organizers have a goal of raising at least $50,000 in the first event, but they believe the event is limited only by the support it can generate.

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Neal inducted into Hall of Fame

Johnson C. Smith University alumnus Fred “Curly” Neal was among eight inductees at the 45th annual North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame held at the North Raleigh Hilton on May 17. Neal became the 253rd member of the prestigious Hall of Fame and joins the likes of other HOF members from the CIAA such as Sam Jones (1969), Dr. Leroy Walker (1975), Clarence “Big House” Gaines (1978), Bobby Vaughan (1992), John McLendon (1994), and George Williams (2000) to name a few.



While at Johnson C. Smith University, Neal earned All-CIAA honors in 1961 and 1963. In his senior year, he averaged 23.1 points per game and led his team to the CIAA title. Neal went on to play in 6,000 games, over 22 years, with the Harlem Globetrotters. He traveled millions of miles, performed in 97 countries as a dribbling sensation. Neal continues to work with the Globetrotters in their Public Relations Department.

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A man who changed VSU

ETTRICK — Over the past 15 years, the view from the office window of Virginia State University President Eddie N. Moore Jr. has changed. From the third floor, he can look out over the front lawn of Virginia Hall and out to the growing and changing city of Petersburg. Behind him is an equally growing and changing campus.

When asked about his pending retirement at the close of his 17th year, the 61-year-old Moore showed no signs of slowing down. “I feel like I can do my best work over the next two years,” he said.

Earlier this year, the VSU Board of Visitors voted to extend Moore’s tenure for six months — to June 30, 2010 — to allow the enlarged board to become acclimated to their role and the presidential search. Moore said he will not seek an extension to the contract.

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Bowie State and Virginia State wins CIAA All-Sports Awards

DURHAM, NC - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association presented Bowie State University with the Loretta Taylor Women's All-Sports Trophy and Virginia State University with the C.H. Williams Men's All-Sports Trophy at the Annual Award's Luncheon.

The Loretta Taylor All-Sports Women's Trophy and the C.H. Williams All-Sports Men's Trophy are determined by a point system established to award an institution for achievement in each of their women's and men's programs. The champion is the institution with the most combined total points for all sponsored sports based on their conference finish and the number of CIAA sponsored events.

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Barack Obama - in Portland, OR

Senator Obama spoke before a crowd of 75,000 people in Portland, Oregon on May 18th, 2008. This was the largest crowd of any event in the Democratic Primary.


Yolanda Adams recently performed during a political rally for Senator Barack Obama. during her performance she had a mutlitude of encoraging words for the audience.

Yolanda Adams recently performed in Louisville, Kentucky during a rally for Senator Obama. In this clip she performs her hit song "Open My Heart"

Albany State's Freeman interviews in Washington, D.C.

Albany State University's president is one of four finalists for president of the University of the District of Columbia.

ALBANY — Albany State University President Everette Freeman will visit a historically black Washington, D.C., university this week as one of four finalists for the president’s position there.

Freeman will be at the University of the District of Columbia on Thursday and will attend a public forum from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. during which he will answer questions asked of him, UDC spokesman Dan Brozovic said Monday.

Freeman stressed that he did not seek the position ,but instead was nominated and contacted by the university as a candidate for the presidency. The visit, he said, is purely “exploratory.”

Other candidates for the position are the acting president of UDC, Stanley Jackson; Delaware State University President Allen Lee Stressoms, and University of Virginia Vice President for Diversity and Equity William Harvey.

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What color is music, anyway?

I was educated once more about the color of music at Fort Valley State University's 67th commencement ceremony this month.

After degrees had been awarded to graduate and undergraduate students - and the celebratory noise accompanying that had subsided - it was time for the Army commissions. The officers-to-be marched down the center of the crowded gym, turned and faced students, teachers, family and friends.

Marcie Kindle, Jeremy Lewis, Jonathan Williams, Quintrina Edwards and Sophia Mudd stood at attention as the bars signifying their newly earned rank of second lieutenant were applied to their shoulders by understandably proud family members.

Then, on a musical cue, everyone in the gym spontaneously stood up and these words filled the air:

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