U.S. Army Honors
Heroes Among Us
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MAJ Gwendolyn Tavira, U.S. Army
Former Jackson State Faculty Member and Alumna Continues Eclectic Career Path
Gwen Erby Tavira recalls poring over a variety of college scholarships she had been of ...
Posted Thursday, March 8th 2007 at 12:16PM
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OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
DURHAM, NC 27707
MARCH 7, 2007
CONTACT: Sharon Saunders
Pamela Tolson
(919) 530-6295
NCCU WILL PRESENT EVE ENSLER’S THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
DURHAM, N.C. - North Carolin ...
Posted Thursday, March 8th 2007 at 11:58AM
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Alabama A&M University
Normal, AL
Media Contact: Christopher Williams
Phone Number: 773-398-8241
E-mail: shiss27@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2007
FBI AND ALABAMA A ...
Posted Thursday, March 8th 2007 at 11:49AM
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What do you get when you place a bunch of college kids in paradise? That’s easy: the hottest and wildest COLLEGE HILL season ever! This season’s 15 all-new episodes feature a cast of eight students: four of them are transfers from Los Angeles, and four are Virgin Islanders. Will cultures clash? Yah Mon! ...
Posted Wednesday, March 7th 2007 at 2:12PM
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"Run, Barack, Run!"
By Onyekachi Ogba
Black College Wire
Some were extremely tired from staying up all night to make it to the early rally.
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Bobby Belton/Claflin University Mass Communications Department
Sen. Barack Obama used an appearance before 2,000 at Claflin ...
Posted Monday, March 5th 2007 at 10:08AM
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Hey HBCU Community!
We want to know the following:
What was your worst experience? In class or out of class so far?
Favorite dorm life story so far?
Best professor and why?
Worst professor and why?
Answers/ Quotes might be used in the HBCU Connect “On Campus" Student Magazine. ...
Posted Monday, March 5th 2007 at 10:05AM
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Edward Waters Captures the FSC Women's Basketball Tournament Crown and Trip to NAIA DII Nationals
February 24, 2007
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Tournament MVP Ruth Waters provided the offense with 21 points in 40 minutes of action and fellow All-Tournament team member Antoinette Upshaw provi ...
Posted Monday, March 5th 2007 at 9:50AM
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For those who missed it, here is a clip of our NBA finest doing their thing on the court at the 2007 All Star Weekend! Check it out! ...
Posted Tuesday, February 27th 2007 at 7:06AM
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A Historic Church Honors HBCUs
Photo Credit: Derrell Smith/the Hilltop
For five years, Shiloh Baptist Church has chosen a Sunday in February to honor, promote and celebrate historically black colleges.
By Traver Riggins
Black College Wire
With snowflakes the size of cotton ball ...
Posted Monday, February 26th 2007 at 3:04PM
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Norfolk State and Hampton grab MEAC Indoor Track titles
February 17, 2007
LANDOVER, Md. – The Norfolk State University men and the Hampton University women captured the titles at the 2007 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships at Prince George’s Sports & ...
Posted Monday, February 19th 2007 at 11:14AM
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St. Aug Alum Shifts Career from High Tech to High Touch
Photo: SFC Abdul Turay
For most of the seven years following his family’s arrival in the United States from Sierra Leone, Abdul Turay had immersed himself in mathematics courses, feedi ...
Posted Friday, February 16th 2007 at 2:09PM
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Fake Fraternalism
By Lawrence C. Ross Jr.
Black College Wire
I was absolutely thrilled to read Dominic Hunter’s column on the Kappa Alpha Psi hazing case ("Frat Members Should Not Have Been Punished for Hazing," Feb. 14), mainly because it’s ...
Posted Friday, February 16th 2007 at 11:54AM
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Frat Members Should Not Have Been Punished for Hazing
By Dominic Hunter
Black College Wire
When athletes get injured at practice, are the players allowed to sue the team?
When drug dealers have a sour deal and it results in one party not get ...
Posted Wednesday, February 14th 2007 at 10:31AM
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Record-Holding Swimmer Makes Way Through Rough Waters
By Dontaye Carter
Black College Wire
Swimmer Mujahid El-Amin has rewritten the 100-yard butterfly record at Florida A&M University in only his second season on campus. But his success has been accompanied by tragedy and unexpected fi ...
Posted Tuesday, February 13th 2007 at 9:56AM
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In This Big Game, There Were Always Two Black Coaches
By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN
Published: February 5, 2007
Decades before Super Bowl XLI, with its history-making confrontation between African-American coaches, similar encounters took place every year. The setting was the Orange Blossom Cla ...
Posted Monday, February 12th 2007 at 3:34PM
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Too Late to Ban the "N-word"
By the Famuan Editorial Board
Black College Wire
We, as blacks, have been raised with a strong sense of pride. Whether we used our strengths in the music industry or fighting for civil rights, we have been groomed to express ourselves.
Controversy over ...
Posted Monday, February 12th 2007 at 3:23PM
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Black History Profile: Fred Shuttlesworth, “Most Courageous Civil Rights Fighter in the South”
By Charlotte Young
Black College Wire
As the bomb blasted through his house on Christmas Day of 1956, the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was reassured that he was fighting for the right cause.
Th ...
Posted Wednesday, February 7th 2007 at 8:40AM
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Howard Student Calls for "Semester of Abstinence"
Testing for the HIV virus is part of the campaign to stem the epidemic.
By Eboni Farmer
Black College Wire
A Howard graduate student and social worker has an idea to help students stay free of HIV/AIDS: Abstain from sexual activity for ...
Posted Tuesday, February 6th 2007 at 11:46AM
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Tuskegee declared 2006 SIAC Football Co-Champion
January 30, 2007
Tucker, GA – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has declared Tuskegee University, Co-Champion for the 2006 Football season.
The decision comes after Miles College self reported to the NCAA and the SIAC that ...
Posted Monday, February 5th 2007 at 10:07AM
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Howard Wants More Black Men in College
By Ayesha Rascoe
Black College Wire
Howard University plans to start a Black Male Student Initiative to address the underrepresentation of African American men on college and university campuses, according to university President H. Patrick Swygert. ...
Posted Monday, February 5th 2007 at 9:30AM
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OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
DURHAM, NC 27707
FEBRUARY 2, 2007
CONTACT: Sharon Saunders
Pamela Tolson
(919) 530-6295
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY HOSTS HIP HOP SUMMIT FEATURING INDIVIDUALS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
DURHAM, N.C. * North Carolin ...
Posted Monday, February 5th 2007 at 9:18AM
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Training, Not Punishment
A Statement from Black College Wire on the Suspension of The Gramblinite
Administrators at Grambling University chose to suspend, then un-suspend, publication of The Gramblinite because of allegations of plagiarism, err ...
Posted Wednesday, January 31st 2007 at 10:20AM
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2 Kappas at FAMU Get 24 Months
By Sidney Wright IV and Carnell Hawthorne Jr.
Black College Wire
Photo credit: Jamaal Mcknight/the Famuan
Michael Morton, convicted member of Kappa Alpha Psi, delivers his final statement to Judge Kathleen Dekke ...
Posted Wednesday, January 31st 2007 at 10:13AM
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FAMU's Marching 100 to Join Prince at Super Bowl
Photo credit: Monty Brinton/CBS
Jamie Foxx, left, and Kanye West, right, were backed up by the FAMU Marching 100 at the Grammy Awards last February in Los Angeles. (This photo may be reproduced for ...
Posted Wednesday, January 24th 2007 at 2:56PM
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