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  Date / Time: 7/12/2009 3:26 PM UTC

  Reporters Roundtable with Cheryl Smith with State Rep. Helen Giddings and Paul Quinn President Mike
  

  Today’s show opened with State Representative Helen Giddings who said the Texas Legislative Black Caucus will be in Dallas tomorrow to hold meetings on Paul Quinn College’s campus and urge support of Dallas’ only historically Black College. “We are very concerned that the accrediting council denied Paul Quinn College. Legislators will be at Paul Quinn all day tomorrow, meeting with the President, the Board and community leaders,” she said.
  
  Rep. Giddings went on to talk about the many changes that have occurred at the school and how Paul Quinn deserves support. She praised Paul Quinn College President Dr. Sorrell’s leadership and ability to address many of the concerns that the accrediting council raised.
  
  President Sorrell also joined the conversation and talked about the work that is being done at the school
  
  “We are trying to undo 15 years of neglect in two years,” he said.
  
  Rep. Giddings said that Caucus Chair Sylvester Turner of Houston and several others will be in town, along with the Dallas Legislators. Sen. Rodney Ellis sent a letter because he is at the NAACP convention. She said they are also appealing to the community to get involved.
  
  “It is crucial that Paul Quinn be accredited. We want to help Paul Quinn address the issues and meet the goals,” Rep. Giddings said. “They have made a lot of progress and we don’t want to ignore that.”
  
  Hundreds of students have applied for admission to Paul Quinn and Mrs. Giddings said she “want to be sure that we don’t discourage the students that have applied for the Fall.”
  
  Both guests said they were on their way to services at Friendship West Baptist Church with Pastor Frederick D. Haynes III. Mrs. Giddings is a member of St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church but because she did my show, she could not make it to their service.
  
  Simultaneously with the airing of the show, several listeners joined me on blogtalkradio.com--the identifiable ones were Ocho, Ronny Krite and Mystic Politics. They commented on Paul Quinn and later I talked about my column in the Dallas Weekly. The column focused on people borrowing and not paying back! A few in the chat room had comments and Andrew said borrowers “think you don’t need the money as bas as they do.”
  
  You can get my column by calling the Dallas Weekly at 214-428-8958 and get Caprice to send you a copy. I said that if someone owes you money, they don’t need to be concerned about whether or not you need the money. It’s yours. You can burn it if you desire, they should still pay it back!
  
  On August 2nd, I will be broadcasting live from Harwood 609 and guess what, will be serving free breakfast!!!
  
  I received information about the rally in Paris, Texas at the Lamar County Courthouse on July 21 at 10a.m., protesting the dragging death of Brandon McClelland by Charles Crostley and Shannon Finley. For more information, call 713- 261-3558.
  
  SHOUT OUTS -
  
  - Happy Happy Birthday to Mary Gibson Bennett, grandmother of one of my proteges, Ashley Gibson. Her 70th birthday celebration was held at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters last night. Maryellen Hicks, Elreda Rodgers and Richard Manson were there. Rev. George Allen, Jordan Blair and Dwayne Simpson put on a show!
  
  - Happy Birthday to Arraceli Arreola, Tim Shane and Torrie Ortiz.
  
  --David A. Arnold - a dynamic comedian, check him out on Youtube--he really knows how to put the right perspective out on issues.
  
  -- Jasmine, Bilal and Andrew who missed out on News, Health and Sports. Last week two headlines that dominated were about the Michael Jackson Memorial and the murder of Steve McNair.
  
  --Debra Brown and Vernell Sturns. They had a beautiful wedding shower yesterday at Concord Baptist Church
  
  --Dick Gregory, who we will be having on the show again soon.
  
  
  Until next time,
  
  Wherever you go, Whoever you talk to and Whatever you do--Don’t Believe the Hype!
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