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Learning The Ropes

Yolanda Ray At 7:14 P.M. on September 1, 2010, Terrence Nelson, a junior in mechanical engineering, welcomed attendees to the fifth annual Learning the Ropes Workshop. The program was sponsored by the Xi Zeta chapter of Phi Beta...

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The Diabetes Epidemic Among African Americans

Among the African American community diabetes is a very common illness. According to diabetesmellituscare.com, diabetes is a chronic disease in which blood glucose (sugar) levels are too high. Cells in the body break down...

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Loving The End and Hating The Means

Talk show host Glenn Beck’s recent decision to host a religious rally on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s  famous “I Have a Dream Speech” touched off all of the controversy one would expect. Considering that Mr....

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Takers : Review

Debuting as the number one movie at the box office, the action packed thriller, Takers, tells the story of a posse of six men that plan, and nearly pull off the ultimate heist of robbing an armored truck. The man that everyone...

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HBCUs vs PWIs

Kierra Leggett I moved on to the campus of North Carolina State University anxious and ready to begin my college education. Unlike many of my friends, I chose to attend a Predominately White Institution (PWI). I did so fully...

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