Daring.Innovative. Enticing. "Around The World in a Nanosecond" featured dramatic monologues and original poetry by Ivory "Xtrymytyz" (pronounced ehcks-trim-uh-teez)Townsel. This one woman show was one production that had audiences wanting more.

Greeted by a heartfelt welcome and surrounded by total darkness, Townsel entered the stage performing an interpretative dance to "Diamonds Are Forever." As she completed each piece she told different aspects of women's struggles through apparent but yet very different situations. From a hardcore gang banger to a suffering turned murderous wife, Townsel made sure audiences could connect with each of the performances and the characters that each presented.

Townsel used varied art forms in the production including dance,   more »

Enrollment on the rise at Xavier University

Educators from across the country joined with community leaders here on Friday for an education symposium aimed at closing the achievement gap among urban youth and tackling other critical issues affecting them.

"We believe it takes a village," said Dr. Louise A. Rice, national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., which hosted the three-day summit as part of its continued commitment to the rebuilding city. "We are so pleased that so many people have gathered for the same cause-the education of our children."

Rice said at least 300 people had registered for the conference, which concludsed on Sunday.   more »

A Hattiesburg sorority teamed up with a blood supplier and a major retailer to help fight two debilitating diseases today.  Members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority hosted a blood drive at the Wal-Mart near Highway 49 along with Mississippi Blood Services.  It was to help fight Sickle Cell Anemia and Leukemia.  Organizers hoped at least two dozen people would donate during the event.  September is National Sickle Cell Anemia Month.

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Naidra Walls was just searching for a gym where she could get in shape when the Western Michigan University student stumbled upon a June 20 newspaper article.

The story, featuring local amateur boxer Stacy Harrington and Curtis Isaac's Eastside Boxing Club, piqued her interest, and she went to check it out.

Three months later, a confident Walls is set to make her amateur debut in Isaac's ``Night at the Fights'' at Chenery Gymnasium on Saturday night.   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 »

Have you ever wanted to watch a fearless fighting force of 300 Spartans take on an army of a million Persians on a big projector screen?

Tonight, the Chi Epsilon chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority provides students that opportunity, hosting a free screening of "300" on the Ramsey Student Center lawn.

According to Tanesha Douglas, the sorority's parliamentarian, this is their first event of the school year.

"Come out with your blankets, friends and loved ones to watch one of the year's biggest movies," she said.

The movie is free and refreshments, such as popcorn and water, also will be provided. Zeta Phi Beta will be selling Glacier Ice for $1.   more »

Some Albany State students came together Wednesday night to help out a fellow student in need.

Students paid $2.00 to watch a greek-organization-sponsored benefit basketball game.

They raised $500 for Finetra Chambers who lost her apartment when fire swept through the Hidden Oaks complex back in July.

"We do like to think of ourselves as a family so when we heard that one of our fellow rams was down and out after her apartment burned down, my fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi along with the rest of the Divine Nine   more »