Author: Asia Collins | Staff Reporter

Lifestyles

Should high-achieving students be rewarded?

Most educators believe success should be its own reward for high-school students. Photo Courtesy of Unsplash. Most people strive to be successful in order to receive some type of reward, prize or recognition. In public schools, students understand that a ‘C’ (or 70 percent) gets them a passing grade, even though […]

Lifestyles

Autism Speaks offers support to families

The important piece to the puzzle celebrating Autism Awareness Month.  Cierra Richardson | The Famuan A growing number of young children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with autism. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a 15 percent increase in autism nationally in 2018. in the CDC report, […]

Opinions

‘Pretty for a dark-skinned girl’

Columnist Tanzania Ralph. Photo courtesy of Mia Lewis. A phrase that can make a child question true beauty is often given with an admiring tone, accompanied by a smile. It can be heard from the mouths of loved ones or complete strangers, but it still raises the same questions. As […]

News

Moms Demand Action fights for gun reform

quot;Moms Demand Action Are Hard At Work"  Photo courtesy of wovenow.org The grassroots organization Moms Demand Action is still vigorously fighting for gun reform even after the dust has settled a year after the mass school shooting in Parkland. These moms took to the Capitol Monday asking for a hearing […]

Lifestyles

Imhotep inspires and continues to grow

Florida A&M University presents the Imhotep Interdisciplinary Student Research Conference. Photo courtesy of FAMU Department of Psychology website. Throughout the last week of March, Florida A&M University presented the traditional opportunity for students to engage in academic dialogue, present original research, and celebrate black thought as the College of Social […]

Lifestyles

How IQ tests have impacted black psychology

quot;Toward a Black Psychology: Origin & Evolution of a Discipline” film screening and panel discussion Pt.2. with FAMU Psychology Professor Neico Slater-SaRa, M.S. speaking. Photo submitted by Alexis Gollmanaption The age-old argument that IQ tests are culturally biased has resurfaced, this time in the recently released (2018) film “Toward a Black […]

Opinions

Jahseh was just a kid trying to find his way

XXXTentacion was a young rapper turning his life around. Photo courtesy of Variety.com Imagine dying in this very instant. All of your self-resolutions are left unfulfilled and your image and name is left at the hands of strangers playing detective through LCD screens. Do you think you’ve given this world […]