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42Nd Annual Bayou Classic Lighting The Road To The Future Victory Night Celebrations Data Zone Page 7 “The People’s Paper” November 28 - December 4, 2015 50th Year Volume 31 www.ladatanews.com A Data News Weekly Exclusive 42nd Annual Bayou Classic Are you Ready? Page 2 Newsmaker In The Spirit Data’s Poll Laying Down Picks Victorious the Right Tracks Page 4 Page 9 Page 2 November 28 - December 4, 2015 Cover Story www.ladatanews.com It’s Bayou Classic Time Are You Ready? By Data News Weekly Staff versity and Grambling State University ment, tradition, sportsmanship, marching bands, and The Bayou Classic is a football game and so much friendly competition . The “Classic” is an exhibition of Tigers Jags Historic Rivalry – 2015 marks the more! The Bayou Classic commemorates historically the high standards of academic achievement deeply 42nd annual meeting of HBCU rivals Southern Uni- Black colleges and universities, academic achieve- embedded in the traditions of the two institutions . Cover Story, Continued on next page. DATA NEWS WEEKLY P.O. Box 57347, New Orleans, LA 70157-7347 | Phone: (504) 821-7421 | Fax: (504) 821-7622 INSIDE DATA editorial: [email protected] | advertising: [email protected] Terry B. Jones Contributors Art Direction & Production CEO/Publisher Tatyana Aubert MainorMedia.com Kichea S. Burt Cover Story . 2 In The Spirit . 9. Edwin Buggage Editorial Submissions Benjamin F. Chavis datanewseditor@ Editor bellsouth.net Newsmaker . 4 State & Local News . 10 Julianne Malveaux Calla Victoria Advertising Inquiries Alexia Pierre datanewsad@ Executive Assistant Data Zone . 6 National News . 11. Glenn Summers bellsouth.net Distribution June Hazeur Charlie Turner Commentary . 8. On The Run Accounting Lagloria Wheatfall Courier Services Please call 504-309-9913 for subscription information or to obtain a back issue of the paper ONLY. Dated material two weeks in advance. Not responsible for publishing or return of unsolicited manuscripts or photos. www.ladatanews.com Cover Story November 28 - December 4, 2015 Page 3 Cover Story, Continued from previous page. allow us to bring The Bayou Classic November . A week of events fea- TrueBLUE Donor to fans on more platforms than ever turing a parade, fan festival and the Appreciation Gala before .” Battle of the Bands culminates with Presented by the Southern Also new for 2015, the kickoff Saturday’s Bayou Classic football University System Foundation time for the Annual Bayou Clas- match-up . Friday, November 27, 2015 sic has been moved from its tradi- Hyatt Regency Hotel - tional 1:30 pm CST to a new kickoff The Bayou Classic Empire Ballroom time of 4:00 pm CST . This is also a Thanksgiving Day Featured artist: Rachell Ferrell change from earlier dissemination Parade 8:30pm - 12:30 am of a 2:00 pm CST kickoff . Presented in partnership with For more information, “This later kickoff time makes the French Market please call (225) 771-3911 this the first time The Bayou Classic Thursday, November 26, 2015 will see a prime-time matchup both Mercedes-Benz Superdome to Fan Fest in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome the French Market Presented By Cox Louisiana and on broadcast,” added Belletto . 3:30 pm Saturday, November 28, 2015 “While our relationship with NBC Champions Square Sports is longstanding, this new 11:30 am - 3:30 pm relationship opens up additional Career & College Fair avenues to expand the breadth of Friday, November 27, 2015 Bayou Classic-related sports pro- Hyatt Regency Hotel The 42nd Annual Bayou Grambling State University and sity today is part of the only Histori- gramming both in the game broad- 10:00am - 2:00pm Classic Southern University are public, cally Black Land Grant University cast and in advance promotions and Southern University Jaguars vs. four-year institutions of the Histori- System in the United States . marketing efforts .” The Battle of the Bands Grambling State University Tigers cally Black Colleges and Universi- Southern University is commit- & Greek Show Saturday, November 28, 2015 ties (HBCU) . Both are recognized ted to a broad program of research The Bayou Classic Events Presented by Sheen Magazine Mercedes-Benz Superdome for their academics and athletics, and creative work to inspire faculty The Bayou Classic is more than Greek Show 4:00 pm CST and their rivalry is on display each and students in a quest for knowl- a football game . This annual event year during the Bayou Classic . edge and to aid society in resolving is one of the country’s greatest The Battle of the Bands Gospel Brunch Grambling State University is lo- its scientific, technological, socio- college sports rivalries, bringing Presented by USMC Sunday, November 29, 2015 cated in Grambling, Louisiana, and economic, and cultural problems . the fans and Alumni of Southern Friday, November 27, 2015 House of Blues Southern University is located in Southern University has one of University and Grambling State Mercedes-Benz Superdome 10:00am Baton Rouge . the most celebrated athletic pro- University to New Orleans each 6:00pm - 10:00pm grams in the Southwestern Athletic Grambling State University Conference (SWAC), including 14 Grambling State University com- NCAA recognized sports in addi- bines the academic strengths of a tion to the university’s intramural major university with the benefits program . The campus is also the of a small college, a combination home of the world-traveled South- that enables our students to grow ern University Marching Band, the and learn in a serene and positive renowned Dancing Dolls, and SU environment . Cheerleaders . Grambling State University of- The Bayou Classic Team an- fers more than 800 courses and 68 nounced today that the 42nd An- degree programs in five colleges, nual Bayou Classic will once again including an honors college, two be broadcast on NBC, but this year professional schools, a graduate will move to the broadcast compa- school, and a Division of Continu- ny’s cable network – NBC Sports ing Education . National and local Network . The agreement between employers recruit graduates from The Bayou Classic and NBC Sports Grambling’s excellent nursing, Group extends the broadcast of the computer science, teacher educa- Bayou Classic on NBC Sports Net- tion, and other programs . work for another year . In addition to being one of the country’s top producers of African- NBC Television American graduates and the top NBC Sports Group has been the producer of Computer Informa- home of The Bayou Classic since tion Science graduates in Louisi- 1991 . The Bayou Classic has been ana, Grambling is the home of the televised nationally by NBC . The internationally renowned Tiger national broadcast attracts an audi- Marching Band and the “win- ence of four to five million viewers . ningest” coach in college football, “The landscape of television the legendary football coach Eddie sports is changing and it is impor- Robinson, Sr ., whose tenure is me- tant to us that The Bayou Classic morialized in a campus museum, continue to be an integral part of funded and operated by the State of that landscape,” said Dottie Bellet- Louisiana . to, President of New Orleans Con- vention Company, Inc . (NOCCI), Southern University the Management Firm of the 42nd Southern University and A&M Annual Bayou Classic . “Coming College is a comprehensive insti- off one of Bayou Classic’s best and tution offering four-year, graduate, most dramatic seasons in decades, professional, and doctorate degree we could not be more proud to ex- programs, fully accredited by the tend this historic partnership and Southern Association of Colleges are excited that this extension of- and Schools (SACS) . The Univer- fers enhanced opportunities that Page 4 November 28 - December 4, 2015 Newsmaker www.ladatanews.com Results of the Runoff The return to the polls yields big results for Data Endorsed Candidates By Charlie Turner in lieu of Tea-Party Republicans . But ultimately, Jindal’s descent investment in higher education . If a community leader and a knowl- @charliemichio When Mary Landrieu lost her to a 20% approval rating, 55% Edwards can get this conservative edgeable legislator in his own Data News Weekly senate seat in 2014, everyone was amongst Republicans, may have state’s congress to cooperate on right . He plans on bringing com- Staff Writer reminded of the steady GOP take- been what doomed Vitter who such measures is another conversa- mercial centers back to NOLA East Photo by Glenn Summers over of the American south that has near identical policy views tion . But he has momentum behind with empowered traditional public began with the backlash from the as the term-limited Governor . him and a willingness to challenge schools to prevent children from For those who did not receive 1964 Civil Rights Act . Attacks on Vitter’s involvement the network of business tax credits having to commute to charters in 50% or more of the vote during the During those 2014 midterms, in the DC-madam prostitution ring and industry groups that defined other neighborhoods . open primary were subject to a ‘run- Sen . David Vitter appeared to be clearly did not help the senator’s the Jindal administration . Edwards off election’ where the two highest one of, if not the most, powerful poll numbers, but it is difficult to say is far from a radical progressive State Representative vote-getters go head to head . With politicians in Louisiana . He was a if they were the main reason for his but does offer a change from the 99th District: Jimmy Harris the exception of David Vitter, every loud and disruptive force in DC defeat considering his smooth 2010 tea-party politics that have defined Defeats Ray Crawford other runoff candidate belongs to who increasingly became a voice reelection . It is possible that voters many statehouses over the past ten Jimmy Harris, longtime aide to the Democratic Party . for conservatives and anti-Obama simply act on different priorities in years, Louisiana included .
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