Tyler Perry’s ‘Marriage Counselor’ headed to SU

Perry play to come to SU
Southern University’s F.G. Clark Activity Center will host a showing of “The Marriage Counselor,” Tyler Perry’s 10th play, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
In the production, Perry presents different segments that identify the quality of marriage.
The cast includes Palmer Williams Jr. along with Tony Grant, Tamar Davis, Timon Kyle Durrett and Stephanie Ferrett.
Tickets are $45 for reserved seating. Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets on the day of the show can also be purchased only at 5 p.m. at the Activity Center.
For more information contact Aretha Hunt, SU Auxiliary Enterprise Manager, at 225.359.9328.
Yasin to speak at SU
Dr. Jon A. Yasin, an expert on the hip-hop culture and its use as an education tool, will speak at Southern University at 7 p.m., Feb. 25, in the Smith-Brown Memorial Union’s Cotillion Ballroom.
Yasin’s appearance is the third in the Chancellor’s Lecture Series on the Baton Rouge campus. Other speakers have included famed writer, director, producer Spike Lee and author, talk show host and motivational speaker Iyanla Vanzant.
Yasin has written several scholarly articles about hip hop culture and how it can be used to empower students.
His interest in hip hop was sparked in 1988 when he noticed that his students were carrying composition notebooks full of original rap songs, yet they could not come up with a topic to write about in class. After learning the process for writing a rap song, Yasin realized that it was the same process for writing an academic essay.
Yasin, has served as a professor of English at Bergen Community College in New Jersey since 1988. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from California State-Hayward, a master of education from Northeastern University, a doctorate from Indiana University (Pa.) and an education doctorate from Columbia University.