President Barack Obama chose to detail his plans for education today at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. President Obama proposed four pillars of education reform: 1) “Investing in early childhood initiatives” like Head Start; 2) “Encouraging better standards and assessments” by focusing on testing itineraries that better fit our...
Pikahsso & Tahiti (formerly of P.P.T.) have formed a super duo which they call AwkQuarius [2 Aquarians with Awkward personalities]. They have a new single and video titled Lets Hit The Town produced by Kphlx. I’ve received links to YouTube videos produced by AwkQuarius (whackpiktures) over the last few...
On Saturday, the Dallas Morning News ran a column written by Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. The title was You will never get a Twitter (tweet?) from me. Here are some of the highlights from Pitt’s column: Today, I make you a solemn promise: I will never Twitter you....
DALLAS – Retired Dallas County administrator J. Allen Clemson has joined the University of North Texas Dallas Campus staff as a special assistant to the vice chancellor, and will primarily oversee the areas of finance and administration. The interim, six month appointment follows the death of Maxine Rogers, the Campus’...
BY JASON JOHNSON A non-profit research organization called the Environmental Working Group studied which produce was the most likely to be contaminated by pesticides, and therefore best eaten organically grown, and which ones were the least likely to be contaminated, and therefore could safely be eaten conventionally grown. Here is the list of the...
This weekend on the political talk show circuit, Republicans are trying to derail the momentum building behind those who are painting Rush Limbaugh as the leader of the GOP Party. When the mythical Chairman of the party has to bow down and apologize for speaking the truth about Limbaugh what...
It took me a while to get to it, but you know I can’t forget about my sorors and the 23rd Image Awards Luncheon hosted by the Omicron Mu Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha. At the luncheon held at the Dallas Infomart on February 28th, I was a guest...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE John Jay Myers Calls for Debate with Mayor Leppert District 7 Candidate Refutes Mayor’s Claims Regarding Convention Center Hotel Candidate for Dallas City Council John Jay Myers is requesting a town-hall style debate with Mayor Tom Leppert about the proposed 500 million dollar Convention Center Hotel. “The...
With about an hour to spare, here is my OSF pick for this week. The theme is songs with heart in the title. Belated Happy OSF. New Edition – N.E. Heatbreak (extended) Mint Condition – Breaking My Heart I saw these cats in concert a couple of years ago. They’re...
Review by Kristin of Because I Said So If By Chance Playwright Donnie Wilson has been “directly inspired by our society’s preoccupation with Barack Obama’s ethnicity”. If By Chance is his outstanding play which depicts many undercurrents of racial inadequacy punctuated with bursts of humor. Mr. Wilson was able to...
