FAMU Marching 100 director, Julian White, honored at roast

Photo: Dr. Julian E. White, Director of Bands and Chairman, Music Department, Florida A&M University.

A video shown Friday in honor of the director of Florida A&M University's Marching 100 showed many of the band's highlights: marching down the Champs-Elysees for the bicentennial of the French Revolution in 1989; performing at Bill Clinton's 1993 and 1997 inaugural parades; playing at the 2007 Super Bowl halftime show with singer Prince.

But it was footage of Julian White huddling with dejected band try-outs who didn't make the cut that caught the attention of many in the audience. "The measure of the man came through (when he told them) you're not going to always be successful, but you're not a failure," Rep. Curtis Richardson said. "The measure of this man is the lessons that he has taught hundreds of young band members."

About 300 people attended the roast and toast for White at the Civic Center, which also featured musical selections performed by about 60 band members. The event was put on by the Leon County Chapter of the FAMU National Alumni Association to raise money for scholarships for Leon County students to attend FAMU or the Marching 100 summer band camp.

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FAMU 2008 Wind Ensemble "To Tame the Perilous Skies"


FAMU 2008 Wind Ensemble "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna"

NAACP selects new leader: Benjamin Todd Jealous, 35

The Rhodes scholar will become the youngest president and CEO in the 99-year history of the civil rights organization.

Benjamin Jealous, who was educated at Ord Terrace Elementary School in Seaside, Pacific Grove Middle School and York School in Monterey before becoming the only Rhodes scholar in Monterey County's history, was named president and CEO of the NAACP on Saturday.

Jealous, 35, lives in Alameda with his wife, Lia Epperson, a professor of constitutional law at Santa Clara University, and daughter, Morgan. He has been working as president of The Rosenberg Foundation, a grant-making organization that provides economic support to working people in California.

"I am tremendously excited. It's a real chance to get my generation of people — those from 25 to 45 years old — really engaged in the work of this association, and to get this association really engaged in the issues of this century," Jealous said. "This is an historic time and the association is needed, now as much as ever.

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Freire Charter's Denard will attend Morgan State

Jarrod "G" Denard is one of those brassy basketball players who never shows a hint of hesitation. That was why his college situation was driving him batty.

Owing to some earlier academic struggles, Denard, a 6-1/183 senior guard at Freire Charter and first team Philadelphia Daily News All-City honoree, was unsure where he'd be heading. But now the answer is in: right down I-95. Denard yesterday committed to Morgan State University, in Baltimore, and he's planning to sit out next season even if he qualifies for freshman eligibility.

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B-CU Advances to MEAC Title Game with 3-2 Win over North Carolina A&T

Bethune Cookman University head coach Mervyl Melendez was in awe of Aggies pitcher Marquise Frink, who struck out a career high 14 Wildcat batters. (Photo by Mark's Digital Sports Photography)

Norfolk, Va. - Joseph Gautier and Phil Enright were all but lights-out on the mound on Saturday as Bethune-Cookman University defeated North Carolina A&T State University, 3-2 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament at Marty L. Miller Baseball Field in Norfolk, Va.

B-CU (35-20) used their supreme pitching exploits in the form of Joseph "Gio" Gautier to help the Wildcats in a monster match-up with North Carolina A&T. N.C. A&T (29-29) went with Marquis Frink in return on the hill.

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Norfolk State reaches MEAC Baseball Championship Game

NSU head coach Claudell Clark has an opportunity to meet or exceed his best career record of 25-25 (2007). Win two games over Bethune Cookman--the Spartans will be MEAC Champions. The team is currently 25-23 in Clark's fourth year at the helm. (Photo by Mark's Digital Sports Photography).

Norfolk State beat Florida A&M, 5-2, sending the Rattlers home from the MEAC Tournament.

NORFOLK, Va. – The improbable ride of the Norfolk State baseball team hasn’t stopped yet. Saturday night, it punched its ticket to the next destination: the MEAC championship game.

Four different players drove in two runs, and the Spartans got another gritty pitching performance in routing North Carolina A&T, 10-5, at Marty L. Miller Field. NSU will face top-seeded Bethune-Cookman at 2 p.m. Sunday with the unenviable task of having to beat the Wildcats not once but twice to earn the conference title and a berth in the NCAA Regionals.

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FAMU law-school graduate follows in his grandfather's footsteps

52 years later, FAMU graduate follows in grandfather's footsteps

Fred Wallace spends his days and nights plowing through law books and computer files as he prepares for his first shot at The Florida Bar exam in July.

The marathon reading sessions are exhausting. But Wallace, one of the newest graduates of Florida A&M University's Orlando law school, knows he can turn to one of the school's first and oldest graduates for encouragement -- his 82-year-old grandfather Jennings Best.

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North Carolina A&T stops FAMU in 9th

NORFOLK, Va. – It was just like the day before -- bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning. This time, FAMU became the victim, losing 6-4 to North Carolina A&T this afternoon in the MEAC baseball tournament.

Nick Rogers delivered the blow that dropped FAMU to 1-1 in the tournament. The Aggies move on to face Bethune-Cookman University on Saturday afternoon.

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