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On October 5, 2011, the world came to a halt. Steve Jobs, the co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc. passed on Wednesday night, after an 8 year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 56. Jobs was the mastermind behind the launching of Apple, Inc. with his partner Steve Wozniak. His death occurs not too long after Jobs having to be [...]

A former Bethune-Cookman women’s basketball player has filed a civil lawsuit against the university, alleging a “climate of fear and intimidation” led to her being sexually assaulted by members of the men’s basketball team. The woman, whose identity was not revealed in the lawsuit, is seeking more than $15,000 in damage.A Bethune-Cookman spokeswoman said the university could not comment on [...]

“Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton”, a  biography about the late great NFL running back written by Sports Illustrated  columnist Jeff Pearlman is scheduled to arrive in bookstores across the county October 4th. This biography tells a somber and gloomy story about  the NFL Hall of Fame veteran, a story filled with drugs, infidelity and suicide. Walter Payton was a [...]

Fayetteville State University officials told state lawmakers Wednesday how state budget cuts have hurt the school, but they also talked about the effect of declining federal funds. FSU administrators and trustees talked with lawmakers from Cumberland County during a breakfast meeting in the school’s library. Emily Dickens, FSU’s director of government relations, said school officials know state lawmakers don’t vote [...]

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Saturday there were no obvious signs of trauma or foul play and no suspicious factors surrounding Brown's death. He says it may take weeks before test results help determine the cause of death.

DAYTON — A Central State University student-athlete was shot and killed early Friday morning inside a downtown club. Kordero D. Hunter, who turned 21 on Sept. 9, was a defensive back on the CSU football team. Hunter was from South Holland, Ill., according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office. Police were called to the club at 1:42 a.m., according to [...]

In August of 1989, Savannah, Georgia resident Troy Davis was charged with the murder of a police officer. In 1991, Davis was sent to death row; he has been there ever since. All but two of the witnesses have retracted their testimonies. Despite his apparent innocence, Davis is sentenced to execution this Wednesday. Many colleges and universities have partnered with [...]

- Written by Tyleah Hawkins -  Howard University since its birth has been known for its’ involvement standing against injustice. In 2011, this still remains to be true. The slogan “Too Much Doubt,” has been ringing across the campus for Troy Davis, the face of our modern day movement. A number of students from Howard, in programs such as HUSA and the NAACP, are taking [...]

Troy Davis was to be executed tonight at 7 P.M. in a Georgia prison after being accused of killing Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail in August 1989. While spending 22 years on death row, Davis has been steadfast in stating that he was innocent. Since his 1991 trial, witnesses who testified against Davis have since then contradicted their testimony, or [...]

A tribute to Dominique Frazier. Victim of a crime during Bowie State Homecoming 2011 RIP We love you ♥

Bowie State University was in the midst of celebrating its Homecoming on Thursday, September 15, when the student body received horrible news. Dominique T. Frazier was stabbed and killed in her campus dorm—by her own roommate, Alexis D. Simpson. This makes the job of protecting the students’ safety harder for campus police when the culprits are living together in the [...]

Maryland State Police have charged 19-year-old Alexis D. Simpson with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Dominique Frazier at Bowie State University on Thursday night, police say.  Alexis Simpson Twitter: @

Pastor tovel young reaching out to the Bowie state community to offer his condolences and support. please watch and be encouraged. If we can be of any assistance please let me know.

Bowie State University mourn the death of Dominique Frazier. The stabbing happened shortly after 8 p.m. in the 14000 block of Jericho Park Road in Bowie. Police confirm that the victim was a sophomore student and that the stabbing happened in a dorm room at the Christa Mcaulliffe Residential Center. Fire/EMS took the female to the hospital where she was [...]

Florida A&M University (FAMU) is mourning the loss of Shannon Washington, a student and women’s basketball player. “Our hearts and prayers go out to Shannon’s family and members of the Lady Rattlers Basketball Team,” said FAMU President James H. Ammons. “For Shannon to be killed in the prime of her life is tragic and senseless. She had so much promise [...]

Friday, September 2, 4:30 p.m. Dillard University is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Lee as it approaches the Louisiana coast. The storm is expected to bring heavy rainfall and possible flooding to the greater New Orleans region over the next several days. As part of the university’s Emergency Response the Public Safety and Facilities departments have mobilized to prepare the campus [...]

The first female president of Shaw University is leaving her position, WRAL News learned Tuesday. The university called Irma McClaurin’s resignation a “mutually agreed-upon decision.” McClaurin was the first woman to hold the permanent job of steering one of the oldest historically black colleges in the South. She took over the position in September from interim president Dorothy Cowser Yancy, [...]

Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) faculty today responded to a report from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), an organization whose members consist of professors and other academic personnel employed by colleges and universities in the United States. The AAUP is not an accrediting agency nor does it have any oversight over colleges and universities. “This report, which concerns the termination of seven faculty members by B-CU in [...]