 Chronicle of Black History: A special three-part series on important African-Americans in the fields of Art, Literature, Music, Photography, Sports and Politics
After 18 years of going to school, I was handed my first book written about the slave experience last week in U.S. History. This points to both the fact that we are beginning to value other points of view in our history, and that we have for years been ignoring the black contribution in every facet of our collective culture. There are a surprising number of first hand accounts of slavery written by African Americans considering most weren’t allowed to write, let alone learn how to read.
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 College hones plans for upperclass dorm
In the fall of 2000, Columbia will open an additional dorm facility. The building, located at 24 E. Congress, will house an additional 105 students on its top three floors. The rest of the facility will be used as a youth hostel being opened by Hosteling International American Youth Hostels. Click here to read the rest of this story.
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 Billy O'Keefe: Welcome to generation evil
The fact is, they do make them how they used to, only this time, we have the Internet and other various electronic crap at our disposal, as well as a public and press that constantly, brutally dissects officials and candidates and examines their every gut through a microscope. Ignorant? Stupid? Try the opposite: We know too much, more than we need or care to know. Click here to read the rest of this story.
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 Every Journey is a Journey Home
"The Tigger Movie" is about the trials and tribulations of Tigger’s attempt to relate to his pals who reside in Hundred Acre Wood. Tigger's personality consists of, if you can recall, an all-out optimistic, happy-go-lucky, fly-off-the-seat-of your-pants kind of cat. He says of himself that, "Tiggers are fun, fun, fun, the most wonderful thing about Tigger is I'm the only one!" But after bouncing (his favorite hobby) he comes to realize that nobody wants to bounce with him. Click here to read the rest of this story.
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Heart Broken
Joel Bullock is one of those guys that every teenage basketball player immediately wants to emulate. Good looks and a personality to match. College girls in the corner of the gym watching him on the sidelines, hoping he’ll look in their direction. He is the type of player that opposing players and coaches hate to go against, especially if you're the guy assigned to guard him. Play up on him, and hell blow by you. Stay back, and he’ll punish you for it. Bullock seemingly has everything a man could possibly want. If only his heart would cooperate. Click here to read the rest of this story.
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