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WILLIAMS from page 1 Behind Proven Leaders," Williams spoke of how great men like Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Thurgood Marshall rose to their positions, saying that none expected to be leaders of such impacting movements. He said students should be proud of their educations, and that they should not allow anyone to pigeonhole them as “just” college students, partiers, or young people who don’t take action in their community. He warned them against taking the “sleeping pill” that lulls both adults and youth into tolerance and apathy. Facts About Juan Williams Source: www.npr.com Juan Williams, one of America's leading journalists, is a senior correspondent. He also works on documentaries and participates in NPR's efforts to explore television opportunities. Knowledgeable and charismatic, Williams brings insight and depth— hallmarks of NPR programs—to a wide spectrum of issues and ideas. From 2000 - 2001, Williams hosted NPR's national call-in show Talk of the Nation. In that role, he brought the program to cities and towns across America for monthly radio "town hall" meetings before live audiences. The town hall meetings were a part of "The Changing Face of America," a year-long NPR series focused on how Americans are dealing with rapid changes in

society and culture as the United States enters the 21st century. The series, supported by a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts, involves monthly pieces airing on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as Talk of the Nation. Williams is the author of the critically acclaimed biography Thurzood Marshall: American Revolutionary, which was released in paperback in February 2000. He is also the author of the nonfiction bestseller Eves on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years. 1954-1965. the companion volume to the critically acclaimed television series. This Far bv Faith: Stories from the African American Religious Experience appeared in February 2003. This book was the basis for a six-part public broadcasting TV documentary that aired in June 2003. In 2004, Williams became involved with AARP's Voices of Civil Rights project, leading a veteran team of reporters and editors in the production of My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience. The book presents the harrowing and haunting eyewitness accounts of some 50 activists who served as foot soldiers and field generals in the Civil Rights Movement. In his 2006 book, Enough, Williams makes the case that while there is still racism, it is way past time for black Americans to open their eyes to the "culture of failure" that exists within their community.

During his 21-year career at The Washington Post, Williams served as an editorial writer, op-ed columnist, and White House reporter. He has won an Emmy award for TV documentary writing and won widespread critical acclaim for a series of documentaries including "Politics - The New Black Power." Articles by Williams have appeared in magazines ranging from

Newsweek, Fortune, and The Atlantic Monthly to Ebony, Gentlemen's Quarterly, and The New Republic. Williams continues to be a contributing political analyst for the Fox News Channel and a regular panelist on Fox News Sunday. He has also appeared on numerous television programs, including Nightline, Washington Week in Review, Oprah, CNN's Crossfire (where he frequent-

ly served as co-host), and Capitol Gang Sunday. A graduate of Haverford College, Williams received a B.A. in philosophy in 1976. Currently, he sits on a number of boards, including the Haverford College Board of Trustees, the Aspen Institute of Communications and Society Program, Washington Journalism Center, and the New York Civil Rights Coalition.

continued from page 1 ing existence. The souls of these heroes are not born, but created with tears if persistence, maintaining strength to collect wisdom outside a world of self possession. A man dies by expiration, but a legend lives on through a man’s determination, knowing that tomorrow is never given and that yesterday slowly fades. Entities must develop their gifts in order to arrive at the center stage, showing no sign of faltering), no weakness nor any type of reserve. "A legend tends to blow back at the winds of a storm, with every pulsing nerve. And where does this present path leave us? What decision informs us on what to do? These answers lie within us. Our legends now live within you." Those being honored, who received an inscribed plaque from the Black Student Association and a goody bag that included a Black History Month T-shirt, were: * Sharon Fraser-Burgess, Ph.D., a Jamaican-born assistant professor of education; * Maude Jennings, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, who retired in December; * Tendayi S.. Kumbula, Ph.D.,

a Zimbabwe-born assistant professor of journalism; * Dwandra Lumpkin, MA, assistant professor of theater , who was away at a conference; * Yeno Matuka, Ph.D., a Congoborn assistant professor of English; * Tiffany Washington, MA, assistant director of Student Life. Each of the award recipients had to be nominated to the Black Student Association by a student who had been a student in the professor's class, had worked with him or her in some capacity or had established some other relationship that allowed the student to see the awardee in some capacity. The selections were endodrsed by the BSA executive board. Those who introduced and spoke about the legends, with the people they introduced in parenthesis, were Ennis Adams (Kumbula), Yutopia Essex (Lumpkin), Kristen Holden (Matuka), Alivia Johnson (Jennings), Starla Loyd (Washington) and Brandy Warner (Fraser-Burgess). According to Expo, a studentrun Ball State University magazine, there are about 1,150 black students students on campus. Ball State has about 17,000 students.