Joe Paterno and Eddie Robinson – Reflections on Character and Action

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Imani Jackson is an award winning journalist and mass communication graduate of Grambling State University. Currently a freelance writer, she served as editor-in-chief of The Gramblinite newspaper for two and a half years. Follow her @faithspeaks on Twitter. Penn State University head football coach Joe Paterno died of lung cancer Sunday, leaving behind a well-documented legacy of legendary [...]

Editorial: Arianna Carr and the Priority of Missing People of Color

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Imani Jackson is an award winning journalist and mass communication graduate of Grambling State University. Currently a freelance writer, she served as editor-in-chief of The Gramblinite newspaper for two and a half years. Follow her @faithspeaks on Twitter. The FBI estimates that 40 percent of missing people in the United States are of color. Many of these stories [...]

Lifestyle Column: Discretion’s Vanishing Value

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We live in an “anything goes” society where people say and do many things without immediate consequences, but the missing link is without a doubt, discretion.

Editorial: HBCUs at the Intersection of Hazing, Homophobia and Homicide

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While applicants must establish mental boundaries for what they will and won’t tolerate from another human being, all too often organizational pursuits lead to dehumanization. Some students do everything short of selling their souls for prime positions in band organizations, to obtain memorable line jackets and earn street cred on college campuses.

Editorial: Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Ban is an American Problem

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While HBCUs encounter critics, political attempts at merging the schools with majority institutions and more, Arizona schools are facing their own academic civil rights issue.

Editorial: Class Conflict Puts HBCU Experience in the Crosshairs

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Historically black colleges and universities will hold a peculiar designation for thousands of African-American high school seniors preparing for graduation in spring 2012. For some, HBCUs will be the ideal college option; a place to find the best education, the best social experience and most rewarding cultural experiment of their lives. For others, HBCUs will [...]

Editorial: HBCUs Must Take Lead in Addressing African-American Male Retention, Graduation

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By including performance benchmarks for male retention and progress towards four-year graduation for each cohort and linking performance to assessment outcomes, HBCUs and PBIs can make significant strides in early identification of at-risk males and proactively implement intervention strategies.

Editorial: An Ode to Cultural Sensitivity at America’s Airports

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Let us all be reminded of airports’ splendor as many travel during the holiday season.

Transportation Security Administration workers, noted nationally for their sensitivity and respect for privacy, will undoubtedly make security checks as comfortable and humane as possible.