Speechs is part of Voter Education Tour for Jobs, Peace and Justice

The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rainbow PUSH Coalition representatives will stop at Clemson University as part of the Voter Education Tour for Jobs, Peace and Justice on Monday.

The event is to begin at 1 p.m. in the Hendrix Student Center ballrooms on the Clemson campus, school officials said Wednesday.

The tour will take Mr. Jackson to 12 cities around the state to encourage people to study the issues that are important to them and to motivate them to vote, according to a Clemson news release. People can register to vote at the event, which is free and open to the public.   more »

Pat Burrell? Loser. Smarty Jones? Loser. T.O.? Whiny loser.

The major-league sports teams in this city haven’t delivered a championship since 1983. Stepping is where it’s at, and this weekend Philly’s got no excuse for not bringing home the gold.

Of the nine fraternity and sorority teams competing in the Stomping on the Yard National Step Show Championship this Saturday at the Liacouras Center, four have home field advantage.

For any newbies, steppers make cheerleaders look like one-dimensional, sappy, simpering wimps (but be warned, steppers hate cheerleading comparisons). A predominantly African-American phenomenon, stepping is a cross between tap, hip-hop, percussive dance, spoken word and gymnastics, using techniques taken from marching bands, drill teams and 1960s R&B dance routines. And it’s a sport this city excels in.   more »