There is no doubt that the rise of social media has enabled individuals to network and reconnect with one another at a much faster rate than ever before. At the time, Facebook’s capacity to connect people from all over the world was revolutionary. Instagram allowed users to create an online photo album and share it […]

Houston’s first sit-in was held Friday, March 4, 1960 at the Weingarten grocery store lunch counter, and led by Texas Southern University students.  The Houston Rockets honored one of the organizers of that sit-in, Dr. Halcyon Sadberry Watkins, and the TSU professor, who has chronicled the story, Serbino Sandifer-Walker during Black History Month in 2021.  […]

By Briana Williams (contributor) Texas Southern University‘s Recreation Center held Pink Out Day recently aimed at educating students of the deadly effects of breast cancer. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The organizers of the TSU event included games and other activities to educate students about breast cancer. “Black women are 40% more likely to […]

By Bradley Clark, Mario Dunham and Zy’riah Simmons (contributors) The Granville M. Sawyer Auditorium was filled with joy and laughter as Texas Southern University’s theatre program prepared for its Oct. 8-10 performances of The Wiz. Within the storied auditorium, hungry, eager, and engaged students worked around the clock over three weeks to put the entire […]

By Z’Nye McNeil, Alexis Hood and Kyndel Phipps (Contributors) Prepare to walk down the yellow brick road as The Wiz makes its way to Texas Southern University’s Granville Sawyer Auditorium from Oct. 8-10. The musical, directed by Rachel Dickson will feature Trinity Brooks as Dorothy, Trevor Mouton as Tinman, Samuel Jones as Scarecrow, Talbert Williams […]