Black people are expressing concerns as it relates to them receiving the new COVID-19 vaccines. The two vaccines being administered in the U.S are the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the Moderna vaccine. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID data tracker, there have been 27,884,661 doses of the […]
Opinions
Nobel Peace Prize nomination for BLM is Black history
The “Black Lives Matter” movement was nominated for their fight against racism, police brutality, and other injustices against people of color and Black people by Norwegian MP Petter Eide on Jan. 29. The “Black Lives Matter” movement is a historical and monumental initiative that seems to have set our social […]
Will financial aid ever get its act together?
Florida A&M University and Tallahassee Community College financial aid officials continue to put student degrees in jeopardy, due to an increase of unanswered phone calls. As we continue to progress through these unprecedented times, in person contact has become extremely minimal. To ensure Centers for Disease Control guidelines are followed, […]
Why can’t men handle rejection?
Since the beginning of time, women have rejected men who they have not been interested in. In modern times this rejection has caused too many women to endure physical and mental abuse from men who do not take rejection well. On January 18, a 31-year old woman was attacked and […]
Review: Lee shines as Paul Roberson in Essential Theatre production
Florida A&M’s Essential Theatre staged a virtual reading of “Paul Roberson Loyalty to Convictions: A One-Man Show” featuring Fred D. Lee, Jr. This play began at 7:30 p.m. Friday and was a live production that was streamed on Facebook Live. The virtual doors of the theater opened at 7, in […]
College students on the first Black vice president
Now making history, Kamala Harris becomes not only the first female vice president, but the first Black female vice president of the United States of America. Harris’ voice would be crucial when it’s time to make decisions like whether to go to war, fight Covid-19, raise taxes and most importantly […]
The reality of graduating during a pandemic
The last time I walked to campus was a sunny Wednesday. Reporting & Writing I — a sophomore class that I neglected to take until my junior year — began in 15 minutes, and I was 25 minutes out, at the least. Normally, I would have arrived on time, but […]
Danileigh proves that gatekeeping blackness is important
Many non-Black entertainers, influencers and artists have been accused of “acting Black” or thinking it’s okay to use racial slurs in their content because their main audience is Black. Singer Danileigh is a clear example of a racially ambiguous woman who thinks they can get a pass for using the […]
I just lost my brother and my best friend
Growing up with siblings, I always pictured my two brothers and I growing old together. I pictured that I would be the best auntie to my nieces and nephews. I pictured that I, like always, would buy birthday cards for our parents, and just write my brothers’ names on it. […]
COVID-19, dating and I aren’t the perfect match
Julia Stiles as Kat in 10 Things I Hate About You and Alicia Keys’ phenomenal role as June Boatwright in Secret Life of Bees are at the fore of my list for movie characters I obsessively relate to. Their portrayals strikingly resonate with me to my core and my romantic […]