By: CANDACE SMITH

For many students, the holiday season is filled with the happy anticipation of carols, television specials and good cooking that is to come. Students conjure up images of honey baked hams, sledding and mistletoes as they spend the entire time from Thanksg...

By: INNIS BUGGS

It was 5:59 a.m. and everyone was wide awake, “game face” intact and staring down their opposition. The sky gradually began to lighten—yet the sun was still nowhere to be found.  Standing in the Virginia cold outside Tyson’s C...

By: OLAJUMOKE OBAYANJU

As the year rounds up and the Christmas trees roll out, many Howard students are preparing for the holidays and adding volunteering to their to-do lists. Reaching out and helping the needy is a great way to kick-off the holiday season. Ariel Jones, a soph...

By: ALEESA MANN

I love Thanksgiving, know why? It’s a holiday completely devoted to eating, a lot. There are no pretenses of gift giving, tree decorating or egg dying. It’s a holiday reserved for eating, and eating well. It isn’t much of a commercial ho...

By: Kirsten McRae

Movie: Milk Stars: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch Genre: Biography/Drama Release Date: Dec. 5, 2008 The upcoming film “Milk” makes great strides in undoing age-old stereotypes about homosexuality as well as removing the humor from the countless gay c...

By: JENERRA C. ALBERT

Many students look forward to the hearty family meals they’ll eat during Thanksgiving break, but coming back with the tighter jeans, and the extra tummy bulge is not something they anticipate. Kyley Gibson, a freshman said that typically, a Thanksgi...

By: ALEESA MANN

Part-time rapper, part-time comedian and full-time student, Paul Welican Dickens, has set out on an entrepreneurial venture that has caught the attention of big names like Jermaine Dupri and Russell Simmons and earned him financial rewards as well. The th...

By: Jenerra C. Albert

On Nov. 4 as thousands anticipated Sen. Barack Obama’s victory speech as America’s president-elect, there was an similarly anxious faction of people eager to see what fashion statement the next First Lady Michelle Obama, would make that evenin...

By: ALEESA MANN

Rapper Murs made a name for himself by following his own rules, and now, with his latest album, “Murs For President,” the rapper sets out to lead the hip-hop movement.     “I feel like I’m the one to lead hip-hop int...

By: Carmen Jones

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates more than half of the United States population will become infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) in their lifetime.  ...

By: ANDREA GISCOMBE

 With the rising costs of beef, some are opting to put the hamburger down and give the veggie burger a try.    Other students have already jumped on the vegan bandwagon. Sophomore architecture major Megan Echols decided to change her e...

By: ALEESA MANN

So maybe in Shakespeare’s day, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but calling me by the wrong name certainly doesn’t put me in a good mood.  ...

By: Lenzy Betters

   Let’s start today’s dirt with two movies that probably don’t need to be made and the actors who probably don’t need to be in them. First off, Beyonce is getting very serious about trying to play the role of Wonder Woma...

By: Jessica Morris

Even the smallest contributions to the care of the environment can make a difference. “I always try to recycle when I think about it and I know that it only takes a little to make a difference, but I guess I just don’t know exactly what steps ...

By: Jessica Morris

The stock market is teetering, financial hope is lingering and many people are falling victim to a financial crisis. Students are finding the harsh realities of credit management and the effects bad money management can have on one’s future. “...

By: Lenzy Betters

In light of the election of our countries first African-American president, I have a mix of anger and elation because of two things. 1. I’m mad that the plane ticket I bought to Canada in case Sen. John McCain won is non-refundable and 2. I’m...

By: Chelsea Taylor

Getting ready for an interview, having beautiful nails and touchable hands are near the very top of Christina Curry’s to-do list.   She prides herself on her hands, but admits that she has sometimes put nail appearance before her nail health. &...

By: Aleesa Mann

For days, weeks, months, I’ve been caught up in the excitement of having a black man run for president, but nothing, nothing, nothing, compares to the actual moment, ballot in hand, when I colored in the circle next to Barack Obama’s name. Nev...

By: Lendora Washington

Kristen Jones, a junior psychology major, was looking forward to yet another rough and tiresome day. Between schoolwork, organizational meetings and her upcoming test, time wasn’t the only thing she was lacking –– she was also running on...

By: BY JENERRA C. ALBERT

Imagine looking into the eyes of a 6-year-old, black girl as she asks you, “When is your skin going to turn brown like mine?”  A number of years ago, this is the exact question that Jennifer Klotz received from her daughter, Katelyn. She ...