First, this is a sports blog, so we must not get our priorities twisted...There is a big homecoming game this Saturday with Norfolk State University Spartans vs. your Howard University Bison at Greene Stadium. Game time is 1:00 p.m. Tickets are still available.
The Sports Information department at HU has been working overtime to keep everyone informed about the exciting sports activities planned for the remainder of the week. A great thank you to Ed Hill, Director and Jamilah Corbitt, Assistant Director of Sports Information for the timely release and links sent for VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 of THE BISON, the official newsletter of Howard Athletics.
Click Here to view "The Bison" Newsletter. Ticket information is included in this issue and for other events.
CLICK HERE to view the complete Howard Bison vs. Norfolk State Spartans game notes.
If you missed Midnight Madness at Howard University 2010, here are the highlights...hosted by Jae Murphy and music by DJ Chubb E. Swagg. Get your season tickets early...The Burr will be rocking with Men's Basketball Coach Kevin Nickelberry and Women's Coach Nikki Reid Geckeler high powered teams.
Now to the Real HU party stuff...
Tyrese Gibson to be grand marshal at Howard Homecoming Parade
Howard University usually unveils its celebrity homecoming officials (in recent years: Taraji Henson, Terrence Howard) with much fanfare. Sorry, no longer possible in the Twitter era: Before the school could announce him as this year's grand marshal, actor/singer Tyrese Gibson did via tweet Tuesday. Oh well! The "Transformers" star will head up Saturday's parade; other celebs expected around the Yard this weekend include rapper Rick Ross and alumni Tracie Thoms and Amiri Baraka.
Howard: "No other homecoming compares"
There are university homecoming celebrations -- and then there's homecoming at Howard University. It's an epic nine-day-long event that attracts more than 100,000 people each year, including a number of celebs.
"No other homecoming compares. Ours is the one that everyone tries to do; we are trendsetters," Homecoming Chair Brian Cox told the student newspaper, The Hilltop, as he explained this year's theme, "The Dynasty."
Going Out Guide: Howard University homecoming, Yardfest, DJ Chris Washington
Howard University's homecoming is about more than a football game. Would a mere college sporting event be immortalized in rhymes by Biggie and Ludacris, play host to live performances by Kanye West or P. Diddy and have thousands of non-alumni pouring into town to hit packed nightclub parties?
The Click Track 2010 Howard Homecoming Draft!
When confronted with a smorgasbord of live music, Click Track's Chris Richards and David Malitz see no other way of divvying up the spoils than with a draft. It worked well at FreeFest, so they're giving it another go with the Click Track 2010 Howard Homecoming Draft.
Coronation Celebrates a New Reign of Howard Students
Family members, friends and staff gathered in the Armour J. Blackburn Auditorium at 7 p.m. for the recognition of Mr. and Miss Howard University and the royal court winners Friday.
Senior theatre arts major, Jeffrey Rashad Pugh, and senior music education major, Adrian Pruett, were honored as the king and queen of Howard University. Both contestants were surprised by the coronation ceremony as neither had been allowed to go to practice with the other royal court winners or see the ballroom until the night of coronation.
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"No other homecoming compares. Ours is the one that everyone tries to do; we are trendsetters," Homecoming Chair Brian Cox told the student newspaper, The Hilltop, as he explained this year's theme, "The Dynasty."
Going Out Guide: Howard University homecoming, Yardfest, DJ Chris Washington
Howard University's homecoming is about more than a football game. Would a mere college sporting event be immortalized in rhymes by Biggie and Ludacris, play host to live performances by Kanye West or P. Diddy and have thousands of non-alumni pouring into town to hit packed nightclub parties?
The Click Track 2010 Howard Homecoming Draft!
When confronted with a smorgasbord of live music, Click Track's Chris Richards and David Malitz see no other way of divvying up the spoils than with a draft. It worked well at FreeFest, so they're giving it another go with the Click Track 2010 Howard Homecoming Draft.
Coronation Celebrates a New Reign of Howard Students
Family members, friends and staff gathered in the Armour J. Blackburn Auditorium at 7 p.m. for the recognition of Mr. and Miss Howard University and the royal court winners Friday.
Senior theatre arts major, Jeffrey Rashad Pugh, and senior music education major, Adrian Pruett, were honored as the king and queen of Howard University. Both contestants were surprised by the coronation ceremony as neither had been allowed to go to practice with the other royal court winners or see the ballroom until the night of coronation.
READ MORE, CLICK EACH TITLE.
CLICK HERE to view the complete Howard Bison vs. Norfolk State game notes.
