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  • Stalker Awareness Month

    Dale Wales

                January 18, 2012, approximately 350 students and faculty members listened as guest speaker Dale Wells shared his testimony in honor of this year's Stalking Awareness Month Program.             Wells spoke with such passion as he shared his story.

  • 5 Steps to Retention

    With warm weather, it is much more enticing to spend time hanging out in the plaza rather than in a dorm room studying. But here are five quick things to remember that can make the difference between passing or struggling to stay afloat.   5. This is not a semester long summer camp.

  • Slack Professors

      Most college students don't come to school because they love the smell of new notebooks. Most of us are here because we are trying to set the foundation for a career in our chosen field. Our professors are supposed to be the link between who we are now and the skills we will need after graduation.

  • words For Lack of Better Words

      So, we say um, uh, and like quite frequently when making a presentation before the class; some of us stumble over words while reading aloud, as others have the nerve to say, "why are you using all these big words," when you merely chose to say profusion, rather than a word like abundance, or-- for lack of better words, in place of using a phrase such as: a lot of.

  • Light v. Dark What’s Fair, Isn’t Fair: The Battle of Light versus Dark

    Not only have we descended from a lineage, of whom, were discriminated against on the basis of the color of their skin, but we too partake in those same biases and prejudgments. We do so, when defining beauty, also when we make perceptions about an individual in correlation to their complexion.

  • Princess Johnson "How do I handle my distant relatives?"

    Dear Princess, Some of my distant relatives are coming to visit for the holidays and they are Jehovah's Witnesses.; I don't know much about this religion and I don't want to offend anyone, what's the appropriate way to handle it ?      I can definitely see your frustrations with the issue at hand.

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  • Am I a Criminal?

         Did you know that today, approximately 580,000 black males are serving sentences in state or federal prisons? Outside the penitentiary, fewer than 40,000 black males are earning bachelor degrees each year. This is a disturbing FACT.

  • Protesters Hello Killer?

         Are we are all murders? Do we all have blood on our hands? Is our government not designed by the people, of the people, for the people? Do we not bear the burden of our decisions as one nation under God? Therefore, are we united in our killing spree that has left 1,271, as of September 29, 2011, bodies in our wake? If you look at a list of the most prolific serial killers in history, Harold Frederick "Fred" Shipman is listed in the number one position with 250 murders positively linked to him though the actual total is thought to be much higher.

  • Do Better Blues

       "Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things & not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth, and love." –Dr. Cornel West      Time and time again, we often engage in berating conversations with a parent, grandparent, professor, mentor, or elder of some sort.

  • Whit "My friend is acting brand new"

    Dear Whit,      How do I let one of my friends know that they have changed for the worse without coming off wrong??      Wow, this is a tough one. So, your friend has changed for the worse? There are a few ways that you could tell your friend that you don't agree with their newly found actions.

  • Princess Johnson "How Do I Tell My Friend She's Being Played?"

    Dear Princess, "I have a friend who's very naive when it comes to guys. For Example, there is this one guy she is talking to and every time he sees her in public, he walks right past her. Also, whenever they go on dates she's always the one paying. How do I tell her she is playing herself without hurting her feelings?" –BB, sophomore      I can understand your frustrations; this situation can go a lot of ways.

  • Whit "Why Am I So Angry?"

    Dear Whit, I find myself getting annoyed very easily. I can't stand malarkey or even being involved with it. Eventually I get so angry to the point where I shut down and isolate myself from my friends. Do you think I need help??? – DB, sophomore Dear Concerned Reader,      First let me say that I feel you and understand your stance on not taking the malarkey.