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the Gazette VOL. 78, NO. 9 STUDENT VOICE OF LANGSTON UNIVERSITY THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2016 2 The Gazette | March 10, 2016 News Features Talib Kweli inspires LU students The Gazette is produced within the Department of through powerful words, message Communication at Langston University. It serves as a teaching tool By Marcus Garlington “I work so hard, and I like He was attempting to give to-prison pipeline, for-profit and public relations Associate Editor to enjoy the fruits of my la- those in attendance a blue- prison infrastructures and, vehicle. The newspaper is bor, but I could not allow print on how to be more of course, the worst kind of published bimonthly and It's not every day that a myself to become so com- active, telling them how police brutality, like the kind is dispersed across campus hip-hop heavyweight makes fortable that I no longer the movement “needed to that took Michael Brown’s every other Thursday, his presence known in the could relate to the struggles be younger and not based and Trayvon Martin’s life. except during 405, but Feb. 23, must not of the everyday people. How around celebrities.” The “Not only did I see myself examinations, holidays and have been any ordinary day. could I voice my mind about grassroots movement would in Trayvon, I saw my son, extended school breaks. Talib Kweli blessed Langston the struggle if I was no lon- be the way to go; real people Amani,” Kweli said. University with an intimate ger on the front line?” Kweli affecting real people, not so- He went on to acknowl- “fireside chat” about his life, thought aloud. called “activists” speaking edge the three women who love of his culture and the He recounted the night through their Twitter and were inspired by Trayvon’s Editor struggles he has experienced Harry Belafonte summoned Facebook accounts. murder and their “revolu- Kimberly McKnight and witnessed on the front him and many other recog- Kweli said this millennial tionary idea that black lives lines of the #BlackLivesMat- nizable names to designer age faces such a complex set were just as valuable as ev- Associate Editor ter movement that began Kenneth Cole’s New York of obstacles that you have to eryone else’s and that courts, Marcus Garlington with a dramatic call to arms apartment. Among those expect very early in order to police and media are a part at Harry Belafonte’s house. present were Kweli himself, be able to avoid them. Be- of an unjust system aimed at Cover Designer Kweli, a Brooklyn native, Dave Chappelle, Chuck D, cause he was the son of two killing and arresting people Paul Pugh described the faithful night Rosario Dawson and even professional educators, he of color for profit.” that ignited his most recent Jamie Foxx via Skype. admitted that at a young age, This (Twitter) is where the Reporter fire and led him to protest Kweli remembers that he understood he “was built #BlackLivesMatter hashtag Perry Smith in Ferguson, hand-in-hand night so vividly; the night into a system that was de- was born and was used to Kentre Holt with members of a commu- Harry Belafonte chronicled signed for [him] to perish.” address “racist policing, nity that was devastated by his own life and conversa- But Kweli felt it was his mass incarceration and sub- Staff Writers the confusing and infuriating tions he’d had with Malcolm duty to “[use] art to show sequent dismissal of black Dayna Davis murder of Michael Brown in X and Martin Luther King. black lives are valuable, black death by the mainstream Zhana Davis August 2014 by Ferguson po- This was the legendary Mr. lives matter]” in order to James Ford lice officer Darren Wilson. Belafonte passing the torch. combat crises like the school- see KWELI, page 5 Maya Jackson Brittni Logan Indy Nelson Kimberly Thompson ampus What is your dream Adviser Nicole Turner destination or vacation uestion for Spring Break? The Gazette Office C Langston University Sanford Hall, Room 318 Ph. 405-466-3245 Q Send story ideas, comments and calendar events to [email protected]. Opinions expressed in Voices are those of the writers whose names appear with the articles. Letters to the editor should be Tre Spears — Freshman Danielle Watson — Sophomore Chris Smith — Junior emailed to nkturner@langs- ton.edu. Please include your Psychology Major Broadcast Journalism Major Corrections & Criminal Justice Major name and telephone number. The newspaper retains the "Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil, because it's "My dream location for Spring Break "Miami. It’s the place that everyone wants right to edit, accept and/or really beautiful, it's by the beach and would have to be Jamaica because I to go. Although it’s expensive, reject items deemed to be con- the sunsets there are fantastic." just really need time to myself to just everyone wants to go have fun there. All trary to the best interest of the breathe and relax." the beaches, palm trees, nice wether — I publication, Langston think that’d be a great place to go." University and/or any of its governing bodies. News March 10, 2016 | The Gazette 3 Health Administration Club looks for larger membership By Kimberly McKnight Stewart said that within vice president. Editor Health administration is not known on this major, students graduate Their ultimate goal for the “ with better job opportunities club is to set up a mentor- The Department of Health campus, [and] most students believe and more money. ing program that will give Administration is enhancing The goal of their upcoming advice and guidance for stu- the Health Administration it's either physical therapy or nursing. seminar will be to enlighten dents, so they can prepare Club this semester. the freshmen and sopho- for the classes in which they “The health administration Health administration is really just a mores, and to give them should be enrolled. [career field] is ranked no. 4 guidance on the difference “We’ve hit hardships in the country for careers,” bridge to get into the business side of from physical therapy, nurs- where it’s been classes that said Kiyah Washington, ing and health administra- [we] should’ve taken or that president of the Health Ad- health. tion. we attempted to get in, and ministration Club. ” “We are just trying to make if it wasn’t for us sticking to- The club’s current mem- — Lacy Stewart, sure that we are reaching out gether or for Dr. Khiwa, we bership is at 15, and that activities coordinator to students who want to find probably would have been number includes a mixture a major but they don’t know in a worse position,” Stew- of juniors and seniors who exactly what their major will art said. “So, we don’t want are studying within that ma- the executive board members Washington said that some be,” Stewart said. to get any new students and jor. are pushing to gain more stu- students may be confused The club has previously have them go through the “The club was put into dents to join the club, hoping about what health adminis- been split between juniors same thing if we can prevent place for students who are to recruit anyone from fresh- tration “really is.” and seniors, but the execu- it." either interested in the major men to seniors. “Health administration is tive board would like it to be Students who would like or possibly looking for infor- “I want to have a seminar not known on campus, [and] one big organization that will to join the Health Adminis- mation and students who are for freshman and sopho- most students believe that include all classifications. tration Club can go to the just health administration mores to tell them what the it’s either physical therapy “We just [want to] help to Allied Health Building and majors,” said Lacy Stewart, major exactly is and give or nursing,” Stewart said. build a bigger program and speak with Dr. Edward Kh- activities coordinator. them insight on the career “Health administration is re- give more knowledge to peo- iwa. He will give one of the Because the club’s number opportunities that this major ally just a bridge to get into ple about health administra- chair members the student’s of active members is limited, has,” Washington said. the business side of health.” tion,” said Brittnea Davis, contact information. Students remember historical figures through Sketches of Black History public speaking event By Kimberly Thompson cated black male that over- Maya Jackson, junior, Staff Writer came all the odds that was broadcast journalism ma- put against him,” Fields jor, recited Tupac Shakur’s In honor of Black History said, “being born into “A Rose that Grew from month, Women of Pur- poverty, and now, having C o n c r e t e . ” pose presented Sketches thousands of people fol- “Did you hear about the of Black History, featur- low him as we all follow rose that grew from a crack ing the advanced public Jesus.” in the concrete? Provin’ speaking class, on Feb. 24. Many decades ago, the nature's laws wrong, it The program was opened month of February was learned how to walk with- with a poem titled “Black dedicated as a time of re- out havin’ feet,” wrote Tu- Boy” by Jennifer Falu. membrance for the African pac Shakur, which is part Each student in the ad- Americans who paved the of the excerpt that Jackson vanced public speaking way or made a difference recited. class chose a person or per- across the world.

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