While the nation’s military engages in action abroad and Americans struggle to get back to some semblance of a daily routine, one time-tested routine seems to never take a day off. That routine is racism. The routine of racism manifested itself most recently on Auburn University’s campus at a Halloween […]

I watch you catapulting past my eyes in a jasmine sculpted sun-kissed skyline moving with cosmic configurations I stalk with hesitation but I’m so attracted it births no description for your beauty is… I’d love to greet you with such honor but for words to come into sound I’d simply […]

I’m trapped in another man’s bodyforced to watch us wither awayin this world’s warped reality.We sleepwalk, wandering aimlesslylike a zombie.We’re chained by our heart,these shackles weigh heavy on our dreams.His face is filled with anger because of my desperate screams.It sickens me that he forces himself to smileto make you […]

I’ve seen birds try to fly againts fierce tempest wind And bathers who struggle against a rip tide I’ll now cease to speak, though I don’t rescind; My silence is till passions don’t override.

Sista, Lover, Look Within (pt. 3 of 3) By WISEONE …look within and you are bound to seethe inherent resolve of your ancestrythe inner force that kept us going and is still flowing through our veinsand what it is that remainscan never be explained in this language that is not […]

Its been two years since Tallahassee Little Theatre has hosted an African-American play. But in its 53rd season, this trend has been broken with a Lorraine Hansberry’s classic, “A Raisin in the Sun.” “A Raisin in the Sun” has been a part of English and literature classes for decades. The […]

TO PLACE AN ADCome by the office at 309 Tucker Hall Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. RATES Line ads are $10 for up to 35 words and $20 for 36-70 words. Display classifieds are priced at the line ad rate plus $10. Payments for classified advertisements must be made […]

Several tiny flickering flames dimly light the room. Maxwell plays softly while the mind relaxes. The sweet smell of lavender fills the air. Emanating from the aromatherapy candles on the dresser and nightstand, the fragrance seems to soothe the soul… but is it really the aromatherapy at work or is […]

There will be no more hockey pucks smacking the boards in the Civic Center. Soon fists will be doing all of the work. Recently the management of the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center decided to replace hockey from their list of sporting events and add boxing. The switch of sporting events […]

#8220;We live in the United States of Amnesia,” said author and professor Michael Eric Dyson Tuesday night in Lee Hall. Dyson’s resounding voice and insightful words rocked the auditorium. And if you were living in the “United States of Amnesia” Dyson surely “revoked” the citizenship of many. Dyson opened by […]