Leaux from FourPoets, OneMic.
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Bailey, who goes by the stage name Leaux The Heaux, is a spoken word artist from northern Illinois. She’s written and performed her whole life but started taking her craft seriously in 2013. She s a published playwright from Free Street Theater, where she has helped to write and act in original performances. As of late, she co-founded a poetry group called ‘FourPoets, OneMic’ on the campus of Northern Illinois University. When she’s not putting on shows and guest performing, you can catch her and the group competing in local poetry slams. To keep up with her and the group, you can follow her personal Instagram @leauxtheheaux, and the group’s page @fourpoetsonemic. She s sharing her poem “Grow”, which was written for the DREAM Action NIU Coming Out of the Shadows event that took place last month.
LSU names next president; will be first Black president of university system
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and last updated 2021-05-06 18:59:01-04
The LSU Board of Supervisors on Thursday named William Tate IV as the university s next president. He is expected to begin his term in July, and will be the first Black president of the LSU system and first Black university president in the Southeastern Conference.
Tate will replace LSU President Tom Galligan, who has served as interim president since January 2020.
Tate, an Education Foundation Distinguished Professor and Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of South Carolina, oversees the 13 schools and colleges on the University of South Carolina Columbia campus, UofSC School of Medicine Columbia, and the UofSC School of Medicine Greenville.
Despite strong opposition from Democrats and business leaders, Texas Republicans passed a controversial voting reform bill after an all-night legislative session.
State Rep. Sheryl Cole, D- Austin, greets protesters as she enters the Texas House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin on Thursday. (Jay Janner /Austin American-Statesman via AP)
AUSTIN, Texas (CN) Around 3 a.m. Friday morning, the Texas House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 7 on an 81-64, party-line vote that followed hours of debate and over a dozen amendments being added to the controversial election bill.
SB 7 is a voting reform measure that follows the trend of other red states like Georgia and Florida, which have enacted laws limiting voter access.
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May 7, 2021 | 11:25 AM
(The Center Square) – A professor at Northern Illinois University has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his research into severe weather forecasts.
The $475,000 award will be used mainly to support student researchers assisting on a project to improve long-range predictions of storms that are capable of producing tornadoes and hail.
Victor Gensini, associate professor and deputy director of the NIU Center for Research Computing and Data, said he believes his model could forecast tornado and hail-producing storms at least two weeks in advance.
“To get the federal funding for a research group is enormous, as it promotes science that’s really going to get out and benefit society,” Gensini said. “This is the culmination of ten years of grant proposal writing.”
Updated: 6:15 PM CDT May 6, 2021 WDSU Digital Team William Tate IV was named as the next president of LSU on Thursday, LSU said. When he begins his term in July, he will becomes the first Black president of a university in the Southeastern Conference. Now the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at University of South Carolina, Tate also holds the USC Education Foundation Distinguished Professorship. Tate earned his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a past president of the American Educational Research Association and was elected to the National Academy of Education.Tate will take the helm of the university as it deals with a public reckoning over the mishandling of sexual assault and violence allegations on campus. LSU law professor Tom Galligan has served as the university s president on an interim basis since January 2020. The last person to serve in the permanent role was F. King Alexander, who was president fr