Month: January 2009

Each year, the African American Cultural Center holds a special commemoration in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. around his January 15 birthday. This year’s program took place last Wednesday at noon in Talley Student Center’s Stewart Theater with keynote speaker, lawyer and activist, Morris Dees. Founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Dees defended many victims of hate groups, and worked endlessly to fight against hate groups and the crimes that they commit. Some of Dees’ most notable work has been attempting to disenfranchise the Ku Klux Klan, a domestic terrorist organization that has wreaked havoc across this nation.

People across America have felt the rift of the current economic market conditions that continue to haunt students, alumni, and graduating college students heavily. Some encourage the notion of furthering their education even more, weighing the options of successful college graduates matriculating into a slow, and devastating workforce or re-applying to a university of higher learning to complete a master’s or taking post baccalaureate courses in preparation for a master’s degree. Recently alumni, within the past year of graduation, have had to endure the setbacks, job rejections, and budget cuts. May 2009 graduates, have a bigger dilemma on their hands. They wonder what’s next: more school or tougher times.