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From rags to riches, another artist rose to stardom. The world finally hears Wiz Khalifa’s new Album Rolling Papers. Overall, the album has some great music, but on some levels, it doesn’t live up to the hype that pushed Khalifa to mainstream popularity. Lyrically, Khalifa can be impressive or average. The rapper’s mellow album opener, […]

Natural, nappy, thick and out of control. Dealing with a head full of kinks was nothing but torment, and strangely, I loved it. My strong willed semi-naturalist mother raised my sisters and me to live by the hot comb and away from the creamy crack. Every two weeks she put us through a torturous straightening […]

Whoever said Grambling State University was a safe haven for African Americans must be ignorant of what goes on in “The G.” A great deal of people have a misconception on the university that I attend, but I perceive more than the average eyes. Around the same time as the Student Government Association and Office […]

I need it. I have to have it. I can’t function without it.When you hear words like this a true addict comes to mind. And when you think about addicts and their addictions generally marijuana, crack and even sex come to mind. But the addiction I speak of is caffeine. The technical name is 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine. […]

This column is not advocating the use of marijuana; however, it is hopeful that this would broaden ones views on people who use it.When people think of a “weed-head”, society portrays him/her as a lethargic young adult who never has any money, yet always has funds for weed. While this is the case some of […]

All white powders are not treated equal.Although crack cocaine and cocaine contain the same active ingredient, they do not cause the same consequences if one is caught selling, transporting or using them. Cocaine, which is the purer form of the drug, does not pose the same societal risks that crack does. Cocaine is the oft-glamorized […]

Who said African American people couldn’t be atheists? Contrary to popular belief, there really are African Americans who identify themselves as atheists.An atheist is a person who denies the existence of a god. The very notion that African American atheists exist in our society is quite a shocker too many people. Atheism within any race […]

Could you fathom being a student at a Historically Black University where your peers think of you as an outlandish person who shouldn’t have basic human rights and is destined for hell? These thoughts are based on approximately six scriptures in the Bible. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 says, “Do you not know that the wicked will […]