The Tennessee Board of Regents last week approved a student bill of rights. The measure is intended to ensure students can speak their minds freely without fear of retaliation from teachers. Intellectual openness is crucial to higher education. Speak ...
Posted Monday, December 5th 2005 at 9:52AM
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Having a model job has its downsides
Being an Ebony Fashion Fair model, wearing fabulous designer clothes and strutting your stuff in front of big audiences looks like constant fun -- but it's a job.
"People think it's very glamorous travelin ...
Posted Sunday, December 4th 2005 at 10:59PM
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HU parents breathe sigh of relief
Published December 4 2005
As a parent who sent a kid away to college, I felt the collected exhale of the parents who learned that their Hampton University students wouldn't be expelled.
The students had thei ...
Posted Sunday, December 4th 2005 at 5:12PM
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A man in Phoenix calls his son in New York the day before Thanksgiving and says," I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother
and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough.
"Pop, what are you talking about?" the ...
Posted Saturday, December 3rd 2005 at 9:47PM
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Three retirees, each with a hearing loss, were playing golf one fine March day.
One remarked to the other, "Windy, isn't it?"
"No," the second man replied, "it's Thursday."
And the third man chimed in, "So am I.
Let's have a beer." ...
Posted Saturday, December 3rd 2005 at 9:32PM
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Two elderly ladies had been friends for
many decades. Over the years, they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.
One day, they were playing cards ...
Posted Saturday, December 3rd 2005 at 9:28PM
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As a senior citizen was driving down
the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him,
"Herman, I just heard on the news that
there's a car going the wrong way on Interstate 77. Please be careful!"
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Posted Saturday, December 3rd 2005 at 9:15PM
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An older couple were lying in bed one
night. The husband was falling asleep, but the wife was in a romantic mood and wanted to talk.
She said: "You used to hold my hand
when we were courting."
Wearily he reached across, held her
hand for a s ...
Posted Saturday, December 3rd 2005 at 9:13PM
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Three sisters ages 92, 94 and 96 live
in a house together. One night the 96 year old draws a bath. She puts her foot in and pauses.
She yells to the other sisters, "Was I getting
in or out of the bath?"
The 94 year old yells back, "I don't ...
Posted Saturday, December 3rd 2005 at 9:06PM
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An elderly Floridian calls 911 on her cell phone to report that her car has been broken into. She is hysterical as she explains her situation to
the dispatcher:
"They've stolen the stereo, the steering wheel, the brake pedal and even the acceler ...
Posted Saturday, December 3rd 2005 at 8:59PM
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Hampton University student activists punished
12/03/2005
Several Hampton University students who handed out fliers criticizing the Iraq war and the federal response to Hurricane Katrina were ordered to complete community service after appearing ...
Posted Friday, December 2nd 2005 at 11:30PM
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Two hillbillies walk into a bar. While having a shot
of whiskey, they talk about their moonshine
operation.
Suddenly, a woman at a nearby table, who is eating a sandwich, begins to cough.
After a minute or so, it becomes apparent that she is ...
Posted Thursday, December 1st 2005 at 11:55PM
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"Thank God It's Friday"
Finally the weekend's come
And everything is goin' down
Nine to five and now it's time
For me to get around ...
Posted Thursday, December 1st 2005 at 11:36PM
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What I've got they used to call the blues
Nothing is really wrong
Feeling like I don't belong
Walking around some kind of lonely clown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down ...
Posted Thursday, December 1st 2005 at 11:29PM
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A police officer pulls over a speeding car. The officer says, I clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir." The driver says, "Gee, officer, I had it on cruise control at 60, perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating."
Not looking up from her knitting t ...
Posted Thursday, December 1st 2005 at 11:12PM
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WAL-MART HUSBANDS STORE - COMING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU
A Wal-Mart store that sells husbands has just opened in Dallas, TX where a woman may go to choose a husband from among many men.
Among the instructions at the entrance, is a descript ...
Posted Thursday, December 1st 2005 at 11:01PM
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Morris and his wife Esther went to the STATE FAIR every year, AND every year Morris would say, "Esther, I'd like to ride in that helicopter".
Esther always replied, "I know, Morris, but that helicopter ride is 50 dollars and 50 dollars is 50 dolla ...
Posted Thursday, December 1st 2005 at 10:46PM
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Black College Games Introduces 'Howard-opoly'
New Board Game Expected to Attract HBCU Students
Go to the 'A' building. Go directly to the 'A' building. Do not pass 'Ho-Chi'. Do not collect a refund check.
Black College Games, a board game pr ...
Posted Thursday, December 1st 2005 at 3:11PM
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The show Scare Tactics really scares a guy half to death in this video clip. He looked so scared I thought he might faint! They trick him into believing in a half rat half human animal. ...
Posted Thursday, December 1st 2005 at 9:15AM
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November 30, 2005
Hampton University was one of five colleges and universities around the country to receive energy research grants from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance methane hydrate research, produce hydrogen and improve oil recovery.
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Posted Thursday, December 1st 2005 at 7:23AM
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Fewer than half of black males receive high-school diplomas within four years and 60 percent of blacks holding bachelor's degrees are women, according to a recent report from the Scott Foundation on educational achievement of black males and the Jour ...
Posted Wednesday, November 30th 2005 at 7:42PM
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Blacks Make a Decent Showing on List of the World's Top Public Intellectuals:
A poll conducted by the British intellectual journal Prospect and the American magazine Foreign Policy has ranked the world's 100 leading public intellectuals from a lis ...
Posted Wednesday, November 30th 2005 at 7:17PM
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