Tuesday, February 21, 2012

ASA to host Black History Show

By Fares Sabawi
The African Student Association (ASA) of Texas A&M UniversityKingsville (AMK) and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will be putting on a Black History Show on Thursday Feb. 23 at 7:00 pm. The show will be held in Jones Auditorium and will be free of charge. The moral of the show is to enlighten people on African culture, said Steven Ogbeide, president of ASA. Its to have everyone embrace what the African culture is about. The show will include comedy skits, a fashion show featuring authentic African

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senior majoring in Pre Physical Therapy/ Exercise Science . Though the show will celebrate African culture, the show is open for everyone. You can have an Asian background, Latino background, or European background, said Ogbeide. But its still vital that everyone comes and understands the culture of Africa. The Black History Show will have personal significance for Ogbeide, a native of Nigeria. I come from a Nigerian background, and I love the culture, said Ogbeide. It would be very meaningful and special to me to have everyone come understand that culture. The show may be celebrating Black History, but it will be an event that anyone can go, enjoy, and experience.

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On Feb 21, 1965, Malcolm X, a black leader who renounced the Black Muslim sect to form the Organization of AfroAmerican Unity was shot and killed as he spoke at a rally in New York City.

The moral of the show is to enlighten people on African culture. ~Steven Ogbeide

clothes and cultural dances. Most importantly though, the show looks to highlight the accomplishments of African Americans and Africans alike through a Black History segment. ASA became an official group in January, so this show is only a month within its inception. Ogbeide commented on the importance of a show like this coming to the campus of AMK. Its just a very beautiful thing to me that were finally having something new like this on our own campus, Ogbeide, a

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Auction to benefit student missionaries

By Dolores Bustamante
The Texas A&M UniversityKingsville Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) will be hosting the art auction, Picture This, on Saturday, Mar. 3. The event will be held at the BSM at 720 North Armstrong St. between 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. All the money is going toward helping students go on mission trips all around the world, said Jenni Boren, campus missionary. Theres a program called Go Now Missions, and they send students all across the globe, including right here in Texas. All of the money will be going to help the students fundraise and get the support they need to be able to get to missions. Picture This will be the first art auction hosted by the BSM. There was an event in Corpus Christi at Fellowship of Oso Creek, Boren said. They had pictures, art, and things to buy that could be auctioned off. We thought thatd be a good idea to bring to Kingsville. The event will have food and music. The Worship Band from the BSM will be playing, Boren said. The auction includes pictures, paintings, and drawings. Theres going to be table set up around the room and the art will be on the tables, and there will be a silent auction, said Boren. The auction sheets will start at seven, and it will be a silent auction throughout the night, and then at nine or 10 the auction closes. After that, everyone who had the highest bid, they will get their pieces of art that they bid on. The BSM is still accepting any donations for auction until March 1.

Photo by Lauren Hernandez

Students, faculty and staff gathered under the gazebo outside of the mall area last week to read African American poetry and literature as part of AMKs Black History Month celebrations.

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