Author: Mekayel Luke

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Let the master fashion motivator solve your sartorial conundrums

Ahhhhhh .. it’s spring again. Don’t you just love all the effervescence and explosive inspiration that rolls in with this season? It is a great one filled with beautiful palettes of floral prints, pastel shades and breeze fluttering dresses. Spring is most definitely for lovers. But without fashion and the […]

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The case for why Wade should be MVP

As the NBA season comes to a close, it is time to give out postseason awards and I’m campaigning for Dwyane Wade for the Most Valuable Player award in the NBA.I know that Cleveland Cavaliers Forward Lebron James and Los Angeles Lakers Guard Kobe Bryant have had great seasons, but […]

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An athlete who’s worth the Price

It’s Monday around 4:30 p.m. Assistant head track coach Carlos Robinson is telling freshman Darwin Price, to push himself through sprints. After the sprints, Price engulfs himself in water to cool off.For those who may not know, Darwin Price is not your typical freshman, this 19-year-old sensation has been breaking […]

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Senior Class president shares updates

Graduation is a mere seven weeks away and the senior class has been extremely busy trying to prepare for this momentous occasion.There have been a lot of questions about the date when seniors will be able to purchase caps, gowns, stoles, and announcements. On April 1 in the Black and […]

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Another crack, another day

I woke up in the morning, preparing for another long, dreadful day of hard work. It wasn’t that dreadful, but I’d rather stay asleep. I picked up my hearing aids, did a quick checkup on them and noticed a crack in the left hearing aid. Luckily, the hearing aid still […]

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Obama’s confidence may be kiss of death

It is never a good day when the White House announces that the president “still” has confidence in … fill in the blank. In this case, it’s Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, only two months into the administration. But that gnawing feeling in the pit of the stomach is not just […]

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Bethune known as ‘The Great Educator’

Mary McLeod Bethune, now known to many as ” The Great Educator”, was born on July 10, 1875 in a town near Maysville, South Carolina. Mary was one of seventeen children and brought into life by Samuel and Patsy McLeod. Both of her parents were former slaves who were emancipated […]

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Phillis Wheatley accomplished much in a short life

Born in 1753 in an area of present day Senegal, Africa, Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped and brought to America in 1761. The slave ship called Phillis is where her first named was derived. Phillis was purchased in Boston by a wealthy merchant named John Wheatley.John and his wife Susanna accepted […]

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Women trailblazers in the media: Lisa Salters

Relentless, controversial, dedicated and hard-working are words that describe Lisa Salters. Salters is currently a sportscaster and sports anchor and appears on E:60 and Outside The Lines on ESPN. Salters not only talks sports but she was once a basketball player for Penn State University during the years of 1986-1987. […]

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Women trailblazers in the media: Shaun Robinson

#8220;Good night, this has been your TV One Access.” You often can find this catchy phrase coming from the lips of entertainment news anchor Shaun Robinson. TV One Access is a show on the TV One network produced by Access that brings viewers behind the velvet rope of the who’s […]