Month: November 2021

Cuban Culture Brought to Xavier’s Campus

Madison Brydie

By Madison Brydie On Saturday, 13 November, Xavier University hosted the ‘El Corazon Cubano: Celebrating the African Heartbeat of Cuba’ presented in the campus’ Opera Workshop. From 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. guest clinicians explored the African influences in Cuban Culture through interactive language, dance, and percussion classes in Xavier’s Music Building. Cultural differences and similarities, such as dialect, within the African community were emphasized during this time. “They [dialects] represent the people before you, and who taught you how to speak by accepting who you are and expressing how…

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Academic Scholarships Available for Louisiana LGBTQ+ Students

Brier Evans

New Orleans, Louisiana–The New Orleans Chapter of PFLAG is accepting applications for scholarships for the 2022-2023 school year. The scholarships recognize the outstanding accomplishments of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and non-binary students and encourage their continuing education while helping these students foster a positive image of LGBTQ+  people in society. Most of the scholarships are $1,000, but some are for more.  The New Orleans Chapter has awarded approximately $800,000 to 500 students since 1989.      To be eligible, the applicant must: a) )  self identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer…or…

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New Elliptical Trainer Desks placed in Xavier’s Library

Youma Diabira

By Youma Diabira | Staff Writer Photos by Cameron Smith | Student In an effort to promote healthy habits for college students, there have been active workstations placed in Xavier’s library. These stations so far have included elliptical trainer desks that encourage students to pedal while completing work.  Cameron Smith, a fifth-year Doctoral Student with The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at XULA, from Lake Charles, Louisiana, inspired this addition to the Library while completing his dissertation.  “In marrying my passions for education and health together, I partnered with Xavier’s…

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More Black women hold power in newsrooms. Trends can impact news coverage and representation.

Brier Evans

By Brier Evans | Editor Black women make up roughly 3 percent of the total workforce of American newsrooms. And among U.S. newsroom leadership, Black women account for 3 percent of news executives, compared to white women, who account for 31.84 percent, according to the American Society of News Editors, in 2019. But since 2020, the news industry is slowly opening up to placing more Black women in charge of news operations.  “You put a woman in charge of HR or public relations; that’s an old corporate hack,” said Nayyera…

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The Legacies of American Slavery and Food: A Conversation with Dr. Jessica B. Harris

Jerin Minor

By Jerin Minor On November 3, 2021, Dillard University of Louisiana hosted ‘The Legacies of American Slavery and Food’; a conversation with Dr. Jesscia B. Harris, author, and Zella Palmer, director of the Dillard University’s Ray Charles Program in African American Material Culture. The two who discussed Harris’s published writings including her famous book, “High on the Hog.” “She writes about African American food traditions in a way that contextualizes our struggles, and restores our ingenuity and creativity,” Palmer said.  Harris is a culinary historian, author of twelve books, and…

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