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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, October 21,2009-11
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Savannah State University Annual
Homecoming Culminates on Oct. 31
Savannah State
University’s 2009
Homecoming will be
observed Oct.25-31. This
year’s celebratory theme is
“Reaffirming Educational
Excellence Through
Scholarship, Service &
Unity.” Each year, SSU
Homecoming activities
attract thousands of alumni
and other supporters to the
city of Savannah in honor of
the university’s rich legacy,
which dates back to 1890.
Homecoming day, Oct.
31, begins at 9 a.m. with the
annual parade through down
town Savannah and ends at
T. A. Wright Stadium with
vending, tailgating, other
camaraderie and the 2 p.m.
football game against
Edward Waters College of
Jacksonville, Fla. At the sta
dium, patrons will find some
new features, including mod
ified locations for parking
and tailgating, intended to
improve safety and pedestri
an traffic for what is one of
the largest annual outdoor
celebrations in the city.
Planning officials have
created a stadium zone,
which extends from
LaRoche Ave. to the three-
way intersection at
Tompkins Road. Vehicular
traffic and parking will not
be permitted inside the stadi
um zone between 8 a.m. and
9 p.m. The LaRoche
entrance will close at 8 a.m.
on game day; fans should use
the Falligant, Whatley and
Jasmine avenue entrances on
Homecoming day. Shuttles
will be available to transport
patrons from the various
campus parking lots to the
stadium-zone.
Access to the stadium
zone will require patrons to
have one of two items: a
game ticket or wristband.
Wristbands - $5 each for
adults and $3 each for youth
ages 7-17 - may be pur
chased at Tiger Arena West
and East entrances and the
stadium-zone entrance.
Campus parking patrons will
receive one wristband for the
$10 parking fee. Purchase
stations will also be located
near the LaRoche Ave.
entrance to accommodate
pedestrians.
Another new feature
this year is a family-oriented
section for youth ages 3-15.
Located within the tailgate
area, the section will include
refreshments, stage enter
tainment, music, inflatables
and other games.
Game tickets are $20
for adults, $15 for non-SSU
students with college ID and
$7 for ages 7-17 (school ID
required for high school stu
dents). At the stadium ticket
office, patrons may turn in
their wristbands to purchase
discounted game tickets °©
minus the wristband price.
On Friday, Oct. 30,
wristbands and game tickets
will be available for pur
chase at Tiger Arena from 11
a.m. until 5 p.m. Game ticket
and wristband purchases are
cash only. There are three
ATMs located on campus:
two at the King-Frazier
Student Center and one in
the Public Safety Dept., both
of which are located on the
circle.
Established in 1890,
SSU is on the move to
become the best value-added
university in the nation. The
university’s approximately
3,800 students are enrolled
in 23 undergraduate degree
majors and five graduate
programs in three colleges:
Liberal Arts and Social
Sciences, Business
Administration and Sciences
and Technology.
Heritage and Talent Abounds
at the Coastal Showcase
Sandra “Killer” Edwards performs Patti LaBelle’s
“When You Been Blessed”
The Hungry Club Forum of
Savannah, Inc. (HCFS) hosted
the 3rd Annual Heritage
Dinner and Coastal Showcase
of Savannah and the Low
Country, on Friday October 2,
2009, with a reception and din
ner showcase, at the Carey
Hilliards Banquet Center.
The Heritage Dinner
spotlights some of the unique
and outstanding talent in the
coastal area community, in
addition to providing an
opportunity to fellowship, net
work and enjoy a great dinner.
The showcase includes
singing, dancing, acting , com
edy and the spoken word.
“It is so important that we
continue to research, study and
spotlight the contributions that
African Americans have made
to the fabric of American life
and history,” said Diana
Harvey Johnson, founder and
coordinator of The HCFS.
Mayor Otis
S. Johnson and Jamal Toure,
J.D., historian and member of
the Gullah/Geechee National
Heritage Corridor
Commission spoke on
“Reaching For the Stars and
Bridges to Our Future”, both
pointing out how we must con
tinue to work together for
progress.
Richard Shinhoster,
owner of the Diaspora
Marketplace, located on
Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.,
served as master of cere
monies.
In the talent spotlight
were the Small Family
Ensemble, featuring Mamie,
Paula, Beatriz, Arthur, Alvin
and Alfredo, the accomplished
children of Arthur and Paz
Small;
SCAD student and pow
erful vocalist Brandis Victoria
Smith; crowd pleaser Sandra
“Killer” Edwards; the
Ayouluwa African Dance
Theater, featuring Aisha
Rivers, founder and artistic
director and her children,
Unahawa, Makales, Alma and
Zakia; and the traditional
gospel sounds of Rev. Johnnie
F. Powers, Jr., Pastor of
Richfield Missionary Baptist
Church.
For more information,
please call Julia Wright at 233-
0855 or Diana Harvey Johnson
at 927-8425.
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Black in America
Taqwaa Saleem con
tinues her series entitled
Black in America. A 2008
honor graduate of
Savannah State University,
Saleem is currently a grad
student at Georgia
Southern University.
Survival. Being Black
in America is about an over
coming survival. This past
weekend, my family suf
fered the loss of two extend
ed family members.
My cousin's two best
friends (like family to us)
were killed in a car crash
resulting from a police
chase. No, they weren't
drug dealers or murderers or
hard core criminals. They
were Travis and Bubba.
They were well mannered
young men who spent their
childhood going to Bible
camp and were trying to
improve their lives. Each
was someone's son, brother,
nephew, or friend. What
you heard from them were
yes ma'ms and yes sirs,
respect. What you saw
when you looked in their
faces were smiles, compas
sion, and a protectiveness
for those they loved.
No one will ever know
why they entered into a
chase with the police early
last Sunday morning. We'll
only know one side of this
story. Why didn't they just
stop? I don't know. We can
not hear the earthly voices
of Travis and Bubba any
more.
Sunday was like a
Taqwaa Saleem
nightmare when we heard
the news but I was listening
to God the entire time. I
knew that such devastation
must have been God speak
ing.
Being Black in
America is about surviving
what you think you cannot
survive. My cousin did not
know that the last time he
saw his best friends, less
than an hour before the fatal
car crash, would be the last
time.
We never imagine
what life would be like
without a loved one. We
never know the hurt that
comes with death until
death comes. We never
know the strength of our
survival until we are forced
to survive-one day, one
hour, one minute, and one
breath at a time.
We hurt deeply for the
loss of two that we loved.
We hurt because we see our
family hurting but we must
survive. If we don't deter
mine to survive, their lives
would have been in vain.
We as a people and a family
will get through this hurt.
We will survive.
Being Black in
America is about survival.
May you rest in peace,
Travis and Bubba. We
speak your names. We miss
you. We love you. We will
survive.
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