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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OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
DURHAM, N.C. 27707
JANUARY 25, 2007
CONTACT: Sharon Saunders
Pamela Tolson
(919) 530-6295
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SUMMIT AT NCCU TO FEATURE MC LYTE, DOUG E. ...
Posted Wednesday, January 24th 2007 at 12:23PM
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Is It Cool? Relationships- Part 2
Is it cool for you to ever tell a “ white lie” to your mate in order to protect their feelings? If yes, what would you lie about?
Is it cool for you to tell your best friend everything, the good, bad, and the ugly about your relationship with your mate?
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Posted Tuesday, January 23rd 2007 at 10:25AM
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2006 SBN Sports Black College All-American Team announced
January 16, 2007
Pittsburgh, PA – American Urban Radio Networks is proud to announce the award-winning members of the 2006 SBN Sports Black College All-American (BCAA) Team, to be honored during the annual BCAA Awards Weekend Februa ...
Posted Tuesday, January 23rd 2007 at 9:59AM
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Hollywood Says Only White People Can Save Us
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Paramount Pictures
Hilary Swank and students in "Freedom Writers." Seriously, the writer asks, are African Americans as helpless and naive as these characterizations portray them?
By Kai ...
Posted Thursday, January 18th 2007 at 5:01PM
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OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
DURHAM, NC 27707
JANUARY 16, 2007
CONTACT: Sharon Saunders
Pamela Tolson
(919) 530-6295
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF LAW BAR PASSAGE RATE HAS INCREASE
DU ...
Posted Wednesday, January 17th 2007 at 10:16AM
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Hundreds of Dillard Students Told to Give Back FEMA Money
Picture:
Modular Building Institute
By Wesley Hollis and Ashley R. Harris
Black College Wire
"I stayed in Module A in the Nelson Modular Complex and lost everything" during Hurr ...
Posted Tuesday, January 16th 2007 at 4:15PM
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-If you have a girl/boyfriend is it still cool for you to advertise a profile on a dating site?
-If you have a girl/boyfriend is it cool for you to dance with other girls/guys at the club?
-If you have a girl/boyfriend is it cool for you to still call or email your ex's?
-If you have a ...
Posted Monday, January 15th 2007 at 9:58AM
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Will Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy survive the generation gap?
By Julie Cottrell, Katie Stallcup and Wesley Steckler
The Natchez Democrat
Martin Luther King Jr. Day means different things to different generations.
Older generations rememb ...
Posted Monday, January 15th 2007 at 8:58AM
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At City Year, MLK is a Day On, not a Day Off
'Photo by Jim Harrison 2005'
Opening Day for Corp members
Dr. Martin Luther King said that “everyone can be great because everyone can serve.” Today, at high-energy events across America, more than 1,500 young people proved the truth of th ...
Posted Monday, January 15th 2007 at 8:27AM
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Civil Rights Organizer Joins School That Considered Him a Troublemaker
Photos by Danny Lyon, courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, and bleakbeauty.com from "Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement."
By Santrice Curry and Ashley R. Harris
Black College Wire
Charles M. Sherrod, who as ...
Posted Tuesday, January 9th 2007 at 2:34PM
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This guy’s treadmill is trying to kill him.
If your New Year's resolution is to work out more, please learn how to work the equipment you buy!!
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Posted Tuesday, January 9th 2007 at 10:04AM
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