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Mentors gone mental

  The basis of a mentor/mentee relationship is simple and beneficial. Ill intentions and failed attempts at popularity redefine this relationship at Florida A&M University. FAMU has several peer mentoring and leadership development initiatives. These points of contact are often student run clubs, organizations or a part of a university […]

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Exactly which ‘we’ built this?

  Who built this? That’s the question I asked myself after watching the Republican National Convention. “We built this” became the RNC theme after President Barack Obama spoke in Roanoke, Va. about how successful people did not achieve success on their own. Republicans interpreted his “you didn’t build that” comment […]

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Eastwood’s RNC chair speech, crazed or witty?

  Ellen Robinson  When Clint Eastwood, 82, prepared for his speech at the Republican National Convention, I’m sure he imagined his chair piece to be a hilarious joke that people would be talking about for a long time. However, it ended up being a joke gone wrong. Watching Eastwood “converse” […]

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Gone are the days…

  I wonder where the good old days in the U.S. are. It feels that we are as far from the mark as we’ve been in decades. The foundations of law, equality and democracy don’t seem to have any bearing on the world anymore. The people who hold the reigns […]

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A frame is worth 1000 words

  A picture without a frame is simply a piece of paper. The same is true for President Barak Obama’s political agenda. Framing at a presidential debate is the only way the Democratic Party is going to move the president’s agenda forward and win. The 2012 Democratic National Convention in […]

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Rebels without a cause

  With the near-constant TV fanfare of the upcoming presidential election, it is easy for one to become disillusioned with politics and voting in general. Rapper Kendrick Lamar communicated as much when discussing his refusal to vote, saying it was a pointless act considering the untold political power held above […]

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Minority in the minority

  It is important for all people to understand the political party they represent and why.There is no greater misrepresentation than to profess an ideal that you’re unclear of.   Therefore, I’ll take the opportunity to explain why I am a black Republican.   Social Issues such as abortion, gay […]

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Media darkens the black image

  The negative depictions of African-Americans in the media have done incalculable damage to how blacks are actually perceived in society. In history, African-Americans spoke freely to their oppressors, enlightening them with sophisticated speeches. Even with nonviolent actions, society portrays African-Americans violently in the news. African-Americans have taken beatings because […]

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No vote ‘rocks the boat’

  I did not vote in the 2008 election. There, I said it. I did try to vote in the “historical” election. But I didn’t register in time, and I was unable to vote for change. However, President Barack Obama won without my vote. I’m registered to vote in November, […]

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History Shows It’s Usually Black or White, Never Both

Emmit Till. Arthur McDuffie. Rodney King. Amadou Diallo. Sean Bell. Martin Anderson. Trayvon Martin. In the last 57 years, these black men were victims of a white man’s hostility, or in Martin’s case, a white Hispanic man. And in all but Till’s and Martin’s cases, their aggressors have been acquitted […]