Adeola Adediran, a junior communication studies major, and Olympia Turner, a junior business administration major, are running for Student Government Association president and vice president.

With a clear objective in mind, Adediran and Turner said they hope that they can work together to make positive improvements at ISU.

Adediran, who is running for SGA president, has had previous leadership experience that he plans on using if elected to office. Currently he is the president of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. He has also held positions with the African Student Union and served as class president at Terre Haute South High School.  more >>

Pretty Willie, aka Willie Moore Jr., has also changed his name. He now answers to the name P-Dub. He says P-Dub represents another side of him - the business side.

"I don't care what you call me," says Pretty Willie (whose moniker comes from his fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi, which has a "pretty boy" reputation).  

Nearly three years ago, the one-time rapper released his "Enter the Life of Suella" CD, with the singles "Roll Wit Me" and "Man at Home," on Republic/Universal Records. But despite his best intentions and heavy promotion - appearances on BET and "Soul Train," a CD-release party with Ashanti, chart positions on Billboard's rap and R&B charts - the project never took off.   more >>

As Young Buck's "Shorty Wanna Ride" set the mood for a pleasant night outside of the Free Expression Tunnel, Nicholas Curry, a junior in computer and electrical engineering, worried about his quiz for the next day's class.

"I've just been socializing, having fun and spray painting cardboard boxes," he said.

Curry, who is the chapter president of Phi Beta Sigma's Xi Zeta chapter, came out to the tunnel around 6 p.m. to help raise awareness for the homeless and accept donations from the student body. Along with his fraternity brothers, Curry spent all night last night in cardboard boxes outside the Free Expression Tunnel.   more >>

About 575 people came out Thursday night to show their appreciation for Judge James R. Williams, who is retiring after 16 years in Summit County Common Pleas Court.

There were so many people at the Quaker Square Crowne Plaza hotel who wanted to express their thanks that speakers went in groups of six. Representatives from the Akron and Ohio bar associations and the national president of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity were on hand to speak.  more >>

It's hard to get kids to read when there's little to choose from at home, so organizers of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival have launched an initiative to distribute 25,000 free books to children this weekend.

"For the Joy of Reading" is aimed at kids 3 to 17 "to encourage youngsters to enjoy the written word by actually having it in their homes," said N.Y. Nathiri, festival general manager and executive director of The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community Inc.   more >>

Although Ebony Fashion Fair's "Living It Up" fashion show has glamour and the allure of Broadway entertainment, look to the audience to be just as dazzling.

"Those who come to the fashion show are, in fact, an exhibit to be seen themselves," said Selena Atchinson of Palm Bay.

This is a chance to dress up and have a place to go, said Dawn Titus of Indian Harbour Beach. She encourages every audience member to "put on the Ritz." 

Atchinson is president of Iota Pi Omega, the Brevard County chapter of the international Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and sponsor of tonight's Ebony Fashion Fair show at Brevard Community College's Simpkins Auditorium in Cocoa.  more >>

The Orangeburg Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority are giving hundreds of children a book in hopes of fostering a love of reading and learning.

The sorority has an Arts and Letters Program which includes its "Give a Child a Book" initiative.

Through the educational initiative, members make an annual trip to one of the elementary schools in Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5 and read books to the children before leaving books for placement in the school's library.  more >>

Freddie White-Johnson has seen firsthand the positive impact a radio talk show can have on informing the public about cancer and other health matters.
 
She's hoping a second season of "Living a Life Free of Disease" will help spread the word even more.

"Lots of times, people, when they are diagnosed with cancer, don't have the money to get a second opinion. From the phone calls we got, we saw there was a need for this show," said White-Johnson, project manager for the Deep South Network for Cancer Control.

The first season of the show, which aired from March 31, 2003, to April 1, 2004, was a success, she said.   more >>

Philanthropy, scholarship and social action were combined around campus in a six-day series of events known as Alpha Week.

Held annually in January by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Week commemorates the founding of the Bicultural InterGreek Council chapter and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"It's something that the chapter puts together every year," said Larry Moses, program coordinator of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs. "They've done a wonderful job." more >>

It's not that often the world's most famous fashion designers bring their clothing to Selma, which is why the Ebony Fashion Fair is always a big hit when it comes to town each year.

For nearly 25 years the Selma Alumni Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha has provided residents with a one-night-only opportunity to see a fashion show normally reserved for the rich and famous.

"Each year is just keeps getting bigger and bigger," said Jerolene Williams, chairman of the Fashion Fair committee. "I'm excited about this year's fashion show because it's going to be our best yet."  more >>