The University of Texas in Austin ordered work crews to remove four Confederate statues from the campus overnight. University President Greg Fenves gave the order, saying the statues of Robert E. Leeand others were “symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism. The school blocked off the area so the very small group of protesters were kept away. After […]
COLUMBUS – Terrorist organization ISIS has claimed credit for Monday’s attack at The Ohio State University’s main campus. Amaq, the unofficial ISIS news agency, issued a statement Tuesday calling suspect Abdul Razak Ali Artan one of its soldiers, Business Insider reports. Artan,18, was a Somali refugee who left his homeland with his family for Pakistan […]
How sweet! Russell Wilson shouted his fiance, Ciara out at his University of Wisconsin Commencement Speech.
KENT– A national playwright is speaking out after a Kent State University adaptation of her production featured a white actor portraying Martin Luther King, Jr. The school’s pan-african studies department began a two-week run of “The Mountaintop,” a play written by Katori Hall imagining the fictional events that may have taken place the evening before […]
I don’t know what to say about this one. The Friend of the man who shot nine people inside a historic black church in Charleston, said he told him that the University of Charleston was the original target. So you mean to tell me he knew about this and didn’t say anything. What are your […]
A person with a gun was reported on Virgina Tech’s campus Thursday morning, according to the university’s web site. The campus is now reportedly on lockdown. We will keep you posted on the updates as more details unfold. RELATED LINKS: VA Tech Says “Person with Gun” Reported on Campus Gunman Found on Campus of VA […]
By Walter Kimbrough For years, I made plans the last Saturday of February to spend as much time on the couch in front of the TV watching Tavis Smiley’s State of the Black Union. It was a day of great conversation, and I always had lots to think about during and after those conversations. The […]
Nicki Minaj fans at at least two American colleges lined up to buy tickets to see her live on campus, but there was one problem: Minaj didn’t know about them. The news broke out after Minaj was sent a picture on Twitter of fans lining up to buy tickets to a concert of hers that […]
Bootsy Collins Opens A University Of Funk Via: The Urban Daily You can now refer to the master of funk Bootsy Collins as professor. The bespectacled bassist will open his virtual doors to the world’s first Funk University this summer.