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Public colleges created during segregation to provide blacks an education denied to them by white institutions are at the center of a budget battle brewing in Georgia.
A crazy bus crash in Israel kills 24, explosives at a Paris department store, an Iraqi doctor convicted for bombings in London and Glasgow, some UN news, former president of Ecuador dies, Israel releases over 200 Palestinian prisoners, Greek youth use lasers against police, China debuts the first plug in Hybrid and more.
Of course there's news on Gov Blago, Billary's vacated Senate seat is coveted by Caroline Kennedy, more about Palin's church fire, powers of the Car Czar, Cheney compliments BHO's security team selections, Rush Pillbox goes in on Colin Powell, more about Shoegate, Obama names his Education and Interior secretaries, Condi Rice speaks on Israel and more.
You asked for it, now here it is. Plenty of content, uploaded daily. Read about a weird case of a Black athlete who lost his life at a traffic stop in Mississippi, the biggest scam artist in US history, survival panic syndrome, arson at Palin's church, the feds make a historic cut to interest rates, yawning is good for the brain, lotion that causes cancer, the world's olderst spider web, state criminal records go on-line, GM to suspend work at 3 Mexican factories, states looking to put immigration status on driver's licenses and more underneath.
Eddie Robinson coached for 56 years -- all at Grambling! When he retired, he had more wins than any other college coach, had sent more than 200 players to NFL camps and had graduated 80 percent of his players, back when football graduation rates across the country were around 50 percent. In spite of all that, Robinson not only was never offered a Division I-A job, but was never even offered an interview for a Division I-A university head coaching job.
I was getting ready to write something about this issue and just decided to let the facts and stats speak. FBS is what used to be known as Division I.
- 54% of FBS players are minorities (50 percent of all players are African-American)
-5.04% of FBS head coaches are minorities, 3.4% are African American
- 12.1% of offensive and defensive coordinators (31 of 255) and 30.4% of assistant coaches (312 of 1,018) are African American
- 4 African-American head coaches out of 119 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools (3.4%)
-92.5% of FBS university presidents, 87.5% of FBS athletic directors and 100% of FBS conference commissioners are white.
Read more about this issue, a recent example and graduation rates for Black student athletes underneath.
A Call to Civil Rights Action in College Football
Number of African-American Coaches Remains Unconscionable
Also, read:
Charles Barkley Outraged by Auburn's Hiring of Chizik
Tigers' Haphazard Search Leads to Chizik
Auburn hired Gene Chizik, a coach who went 5-19 in his two seasons as head coach at Iowa State, and ended the 2008 season with a 10-game losing streak.
Turner Gill, a former Nebraska quarterback, took over one of the country's worst programs at Buffalo three years ago and guided the Bulls to an 8-5 record and their first MAC championship this season, upsetting previously unbeaten Ball State conference championship game. The Buffalo Bulls won 10 games in their first seven seasons at the Division I-A level. Gill guided Buffalo to 13 victories during the past two seasons combined. He was one of at least 8 candidates to interview for the job.
Five wins in two years got Chizik an offer of a two-year contract extension at Iowa State. He reportedly will receive a five-year contract worth about $2 million a year from Auburn, about double his former deal which included a $750,000 buyout.
More Bowl-Bound Black Players Graduate
Of the 68 schools going to bowl games, 19 graduated less than 50 percent of black players, according to the report by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida. The number of black graduates grew from 55.5 percent to 59.1 percent.
A total of 76 percent of whites graduated compared with 59 percent of blacks in the study. Last year, 64 percent of whites and 50 percent of blacks graduated. Among bowl teams, only Oklahoma graduated less than half of its white players. Navy had the best overall football graduation rate among bowl teams at 95 percent and tied Notre Dame for the best among blacks with 93 percent. Arizona had the worst overall graduation rate, 41 percent, and among black players, 29 percent. Five schools had better rates for black players than white: Connecticut, Rutgers, Troy, Oklahoma and Florida.
The NCAA uses graduation rates as the primary factor in its Academic Progress Rating. If a school's APR drops below a certain level, it can be sanctioned, starting with losing scholarships and escalating to restrictions on practice time and postseason play. The formula considers a 50 percent graduation rate in each sport to be acceptable.
The study showed the graduation rate among all black males in the student body of the schools studied is 38 percent.
Luckily, I have links because nobody would believe me. A man builds a robo-girlfriend, Mexican Playboy puts nude Virgin Mary on cover, McDonald's getting gully with Starbucks, a skimpy Santa, NHL player cut for calling Elisha Cuthbert "sloppy seconds," man arrested for throwing a sandwich at his girlfriend, a doggy hero, ZZZ-mailing, kitty contact lenses, a refrigerated beach, a couple's home is foreclosed on Facebook and more underneath.
This world of ours. Russian mine blast kills 12, Nepal school bus crash kills 20 children, Mexican Playboy puts Virgin Mary on cover, Portugal offers to take Gitmo detainees, Al Qaeda in Belgium, Rome bracing for floods, global warming gets funded, Greek police still battling protesters, Russia sending warships to Cuba, North Korea getting phone upgrade, a killer virus in UK, Mexicans voluntarily and permanently leaving the US, and an indoor, refrigerated beach in Dubai.
Its scary when you read this stuff and it stops shocking you after a while. Well, at least some of it stops surprising you even you're still shocked. A cat is hung in the street, deadly roadrage, some news on the Caylee case, a virgin seeking religious leader, a fired employee kills CEO at holiday party, a mother sells her twins to pay for liposuction, a bank bombing in Oregon, a girl dies from crashing through a glass table, a girl paralyzed by a football fan, and a truly disturbing letter to Santa.
Again, plenty of goings on is going on. Some news on Gov Blago, McCain campaign selling Blackberry, Portugal offers to take Gitmo detainees (notice how they're not prisoners), Al Qaeda popping in Belgium, Russia sending warships to Cuba, Gov Palin's church is set on fire, some news on the shoe hurler (who now has broken bones), the disaster prophecy about Obama and some news on Inauguration logistics.
Fair amount of news today. Read up on a new web browser designed for Black Americans (logo pictured), retail sales continue to fall, ice storm in the Northeast, Amish immunity to heart disease, a Wall Street scam, McDonald's battling Starbucks, an Air Force recruiter is stabbed, antidepressant sex problems, many new species discovered in Thai jungles, Google battling the Wall Street Journal, Mexicans leaving the US... for good, a fat tax in NY, and a disaster prophecy for Obama. All of that plus more underneath.
View here. I really didn't know what else to use for a graphic.
I really intended to make these separate posts, but in the interest of time decided against it. Anyway, Jay's new BK Anthem, Kanye is rapping again, Luda's bonus cut, and Jada and Wayne go hard. Also got two mixtapes that aren't really mixtapes, Reasonable Gangster and a Cuban Linx 2 teaser. You already know.
Jay-Z -BK Anthem
This knocks, but it is heavily and obnoxiously tagged. Should hold the Jigga stans over until the CDQ hits.
Kanye feat Santogold - N.A.S.A.
No auto-tune on this. No sappy lyrics about heartbreak. Supposed to be a blend of North American and South American influences, hence N.A.S.A.
Luda - Start Button
Bonus cut of his Danish release. Danish is from Denmark. Not sure why they got the extra song. It's classic Luda with fun and witty punchlines. I actually had to run this one back.
Jadakiss feat Lil Wayne - Death Wish
J to the muah with the dude who actually kisses dudes. With that said, two decent verses from two cats people tend to check for a lot.
OB4CL2 Teaser
No, this is not the Cuban Linx 2 disc. That would definitely get a separate post from me. This is basically a collection of songs Rae has put together that might or might not make OB4CL2. You might have heard some of these, you might not have. Either way, its a decent consolidation.
Reasonable Gangster
Along the lines of the other American Gangster/Black Album tapes, this one blends AG verses over Reasonable Doubt instrumentals. Not just a simple overlay, but actually some production value here. Definitely worth a few spins for any Jay-Z fan.
Shamelessly jacked from NMC affiliates.
Man, people are fcukin crazy out there. An escaped killer on the loose, a TV anchor sexually assaulted before being murdered, a Chinese shopper slasher, more from the Walmart stampede, a shooting at Toy-R-Us, more from the Mumbai blasts, a man stabs his father for refusing breakfast and more underneath. 
So a police chief shoots himself (not in a Plaxico Burress type way), a cross dressing Taliban terrorist, Batman is killed, an endangered turtle almost becomes soup, French men make some interesting claims about condoms, a baby with external organs, greens that are resistant to the weather, empty planes, baby bats, smiley faces in the sky and luxury on a budget.
This crazy world. Bombing attacks in Baghdad kill 32, another rocket attack on the UN Compound in Baghdad kills 2, a US missile strike in Pakistan, armed protesters clear out Thailand aiport, Saudi prince promises price increase for oil, a shopping slasher is killed in China, a luxury cruise ship is hijacked by the Somali pirates, 9 headless bodies show up in Mexico, a drug shootout kills 8 in Mexico, Condi Rice reacts to the Mumbai explosion and more.
Plenty of news, some of it not so pleasant but all very relevant. A missing hiker, 300 year old pottery found during a construction project, Cyber Monday results, a meteor hits Canada, record breaking hurricane season, Kosher meat shortage as a result of immigration raids, Ford and GM take their bailout begging to Europe to get checks for Volvo and Saab, and more news underneath. Oh and there's an article about the robot soliders the US military is developing that technically cannot commit (or more importantly, be tried for) war crimes. Who would win if Robocop faced Terminator?
I've gotten these from a few different sources and just couldn't bring myself to dedicate a post to them individually. With that said, new music from Brandy, Keyshia Cole, Slim of 112, Musiq Soulchild, Avant, Jamie Foxx and I'm throwing the Dream in there cuz I just got it. You already know where to go. The internets police been type aggressive lately, so hit me if a link is dead. See more of Keyshia's Vibe shoot here.
I actually got a pretty interesting lineup underneath. Anyway, President-Elect Obama is technically powerless because he is neither Senator or President at the moment. Think about that. Story on that, BHO's opinion on executive bonuses, MTV's Inauguration Ball for Obama, Chris Matthews from MSNBC running for Pennsylvania Senate, Bush pardons a Bald Eagle killer, Birmingham mayor catches fed charges, Kwame Kilpatrick's aide takes a plea, and two costly examples of negligence by your United States government. Oh yeah and Billary gets the nod for Secretary of State. The picture is indicative of how the term is going to go for BO with Hills in the house.Jay-Z on iLike - Get updates inside iTunes
In today's post, read up on the decline in online shopping, cojoined twins in Oklahoma, futuristic hands on computing becoming reality, a college bans holiday decorations, surgical lasers, a terrorist plot on NYC subways, the elimination of HIV, NYC to deploy more meter maids to boost revenue, record food stamp use and more.
The hostages from the Somali pirates speak out, the Somali pirates tied to Al-Qaida, Venezuela to welcome Russian warships, a killer bee attack in Brazil, an elephant stampede in Indonesia, UN pleads for global aid in Zimbabwe, UK to implement national ID cards, Iran building its nuclear capabilities, Muslims allowed to do yoga, China to execute African drug dealers and an actress to be jailed for adultery in South Korea.
Empire Mixtapes is back on their grind with another installment from their Drought is Over series. Along with the DJ Drama assisted Dedication 3 tape, all you Wayne stans should be satisfied for a minute. In my opinion Dedication 3 > Drought 6 >> Carter 3. Just saying...
What can I say, I'm a fan of the Clipse. We rep that 757 area tremendously! Anyway, Complex magazine presents this new collection of Pusha and Malice verses to coincide with the release of the Clipse's new clothing line, Play Cloths.
Lonnie Lynn back with his new disc, minus any Kanyeezy production. This is primarily Pharrell on the boards which gives the album a different sound and vibe from Com's last two heaters, but still provides him the backdrop to do what he does. I likes.
New Face disc, hits stores December 2. Supposedly his last disc as a solo artist. He plans to focus on production and his other business interests. Face said that the only way he'll make another disc is if it's part of a super group. He mentioned one with NaS and Ice Cube, one with Jay and Beanie Sigel and a duo with Bun B. How dope would that be.
A movie depiction about the origin of Islam, Mike Vick pleads guilty to state charges, prescription drug side effects increasing, healthiest cities for women, a 43 pound elderly woman dies in a nursing home, cancer on the decline, Barbara Bush in the hospital and post Thanksgiving traffic/travel analysis. 
There are really some sick people in the world. A high school student attacks others with acid, a teen stabs himself as part of show and tell, a mother flushes her newborn baby down the toilet, a poison handbook and a woman finds her dog's head in her oven. 
I'm really falling off, I swear I put this up already. Anyway, MJ converted from Jehovah Witness to Islam a few weeks back. Not that I pay attention, but I'm surprised this didn't get more coverage in the media cycle. His brother Jermaine converted a while back but he didn't have anything to do with Michael's move. Story underneath. 
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