By Randall Taylor Staff Writer Black History Month happens over the course of the month of February and is an empowering month to all in the African-American community. It is a time when we trace our ancestry back and learn about the many famous African-Americans that have made great contributions to…
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By Melanie Spina Co-Opinions-Editor For this year’s Oscar nominations there are 20 contenders for acting awards, and every single one of the nominees is white. Not only that, all films that had a “black theme,” have been completely overlooked for the best picture category. This makes some of us wonder,…
By Melanie Spina Co-Opinions Editor As we find ourselves currently surrounded by political talk in this presidential election year, I can’t help but think that there are still people out there who are afraid of using the term “feminism” or who don’t believe that there still is such thing as…
By Joseph Iemma Assistant Features Editor Remember those toy helicopters you used to see flying through the mall? You always told your mom you wanted one, but she never did buy you one because you “would break it within an hour.” Fast-forward ten years and the remote controlled helicopter concept…
By Julian Wilson Co-Opinions Editor With increasing popularity in online sites and apps for dating and finding relationships, one would think that the ‘looks’ and personality of a person would matter most to their potential lover. However, to some, those qualities aren’t the only ones that are considered. Sometimes, the…
By Joseph Iemma Assistant Features Editor I vividly remember my grandfather telling me when I was eight years old, “Joey, you’re a good boy and I love you very much…but please, please promise me you’ll never get a tattoo.” Mind you, at just eight years old, I had yet to…
By Joseph Iemma Assistant Features Editor For once, let’s just take a step back, and be honest with ourselves; not just as people, but as a society. Doesn’t America have the ‘weirdest’ relationship with marijuana? Seriously, look at the 1960s, where most of the youth started to smoke marijuana, only…
By Melanie Spina Co-Opinions Editor Memes and viral videos play a huge part in what we know today as modern comedy. Almost every other day that I log into Facebook or any other social media site, I see different examples of what people in this generation find funny. Some examples,…
By Melanie Spina Co-Opinions Editor Most of us start college expecting to only take classes related to our majors. Personally, at my high school, the classes I had to take were already chosen for me. I didn’t have a choice in taking a subject that I might be interested in;…
By Julian Wilson Co-Opinions Editor Many full-time college students look forward to kicking back, relaxing, and ridding their minds of all things regarding school and academia in the summer. However, if this is not the lifestyle you choose, you may be able to enroll in a summer course and still…