Vol. 25, No. 10
April 20, 2004 |
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Intramural Basketball Team Competes in National Tournament at Ohio University
Eighteen sixty-seven, one of the University's intramural basketball teams, competed against 26 teams in the national competition of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) at Ohio University from April 1-4. The team advanced through to the final 16 of the tournament, but was defeated in the second round.
Members of 1867 include: Dedan Bruner, Camilo Chimurenga, Arthur Crowder, Cyncere Dodson, Desmond Dunham, Keith Foxx, Haki Halisi, Steve Jones, Victor Montgomery, Randy Smith, Kevin Thomas, Corey Thompson, Jose Thompson, Bernard White and Grady Wilborn. Eighteen sixty-seven is among the 35 teams, male and female, participating in the Howard University Intramural Basketball League, a member of NIRSA. |
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Members of 1867 during the game against Chicago on Feb. 24. The final score was 75-60, 1867. |
Comprising members of the faculty, staff and student body, the teams have been competing in the evenings once or twice a week since February in Burr Gym. Having successfully competed locally and regionally, 1867, was able to participate in the national competition.
According to Dexter O. Harris, Howard's intramural coordinator, the program operates year-round and offers flag football, volleyball, aerobics, indoor and outdoor soccer, tae kwon do, judo, self-defense classes and badminton. For more information, visit www.howard.edu/currentstudents/studentlifeactivities/blackburn/intramuralsports.htm.
Professor Challenges Japanese and Chinese Audiences' Perceptions of U.S. Multiculturalism
Dr. Michael Frazier, associate professor, Department of Political Sciences, was a guest lecturer in Japan and China for Black History Month. On an itinerary set up by the United States Department of State from Feb. 23 through March 9, Frazier lectured in the Japanese cities of Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Naha and the Chinese cities of Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Chongqing and Cnegdu. His presentation at each venue reinforced to the extent to which the U.S. is strengthened, not weakened, by its diversity.
"As technology and economic globalization increases, the topic of multiculturalism, ethnic diversity and intercultural contact, cooperation and conflict take on worldwide significance," he said. "In my lectures, I underscored the fact that, having renounced 'legal' coding of ethnic groups, America was basically united on core values and working on implementing its principles of fairness and social justice." |
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Frazier’s lectures were particularly valuable in China where he challenged undergraduate and graduate students and faculties to become more informed about the positive and negative materials regarding the status and image of the African-American community. As a corrective and an update to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) and the film version of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind (1939), which are included in the governmentally approved reading list for major resources covering the history of racism in North America, Frazier donated two boxes of the Department of Political Science’s referred journal, Government and Politics. He has served as founder-editor of the publication since 1991. As a result of his lectures, several Chinese universities expressed interest in exploring possible collaborative projects with Howard.
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