Thursday, June 26, 2025
Race may seem like the underlying difference between HBCUs and PWIs, but the day-to-day interactions between professors and students during fundamental learning is what is setting these two institutions apart. According to Pew Research, in 2015 only 3 percent of the nation’s higher learning institutions were HBCUs, but just 9 […]
The set of Schoolhouse Rock Live! Photo Courtesy: Kaiyah Clarke When one first enters the auditorium at Tallahassee Community College, there appears to be a jungle gym of some sort on the stage. A closer look reveals an elementary classroom, a trip down memory lane. The popular cartoon TV […]
Rapper Cardi B, performing “Bodak Yellow” at Play Bar in Tallahassee, October 2017. Credit: Nadia Felder It’s catchiness, realness and ratchetness, all wound up into one hard-rocking album. It’s invading my life, my room and my earphones. It’s “Invasion of Privacy.” Female rapper Cardi B might have just bestowed the […]
You’re officially a freshman on The Hill, and you’re wondering how’s the year going to play out, if you going to make any new friends, will you see anyone from your hometown, and will you really have to study as much as all your high school teachers said you […]
Example of hair extensions. Photo submitted by Kayla Carter Weaves, extensions, braids, twist and the perm or relaxer (also known as “creamy crack”) are all examples of popular hairstyles for black women. The idea that wearing these styles makes a black girl “anti-black” because they don’t consist of wearing hair […]
The most crucial unelected actors in any democracy are journalists. Referred to as the Fourth Estate, journalists serve the people by making sure they’re informed about decisions and events that impact their lives. Recently, after an editor at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School newspaper went on CNN stating that journalism […]
Let’s face it. Social media has become a way of life. Nearly everyone has at least one social media handle. There are very few people who don’t possess an Instagram, Facebook or Twitter account. Most of us have all three. According to the New York Post, we are living […]
Black female business owner opening shop. Photo credit: dr.jackijones.com Supporting black businesses can help the black community progress, and a circulation of wealth can be established with black dollars. When black businesses thrive, it can create sustainability and prosperity within the community. There is strength in numbers and when […]
ldquo;Ready Player One” is directed by Steven Spielberg based on the best-selling novel by Ernest Cline, who co-wrote the script with Zak Penn. The futuristic adventure takes place in the year 2045 in Columbus, Ohio of all places. We follow Wade Watts, a young man who prefers to spend his […]
Food. Good homecooked meals. This is the answer you are likely to receive when asking a college student what they miss about home. Imagine finding a diner just minutes from campus that serves southern homestyle meals at a reasonable price. For more than 21 years, Olean’s has been providing great […]