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Tommy Meade is the Senior Editor of HBCU Buzz. Follow him on Twitter: @tommymeade If you are a underachiever in your studies, maybe you ought to skip college and become a plumber instead. Well at least that is what billionaire and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg advised ‘so-so’ students to do in order to avoid expensive college fees. @dailymailus [...]

You can connect with students from Howard University’s Department of Theatre Arts to students from Tuskegee University’s Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences–all within the click of a button. The ‘follow’ button on social media network Twitter that is. Here’s what some people tweeted this past week on students graduating from HBCUs Nothing is more motivating than going to a graduation filled with nothing but young [...]

By Tommy Meade, HBCU Buzz Dear Rand Paul, Please Return to Howard..set the record straight and visit 40 other HBCU’s…Note: It will pay off in the long run. — Brandon Brice (@Iambrandonbrice) April 29, 2013 I wonder if freshman Kentucky GOP Senator Rand Paul knew what he was getting himself into when he spoke at the ‘Mecca’ Howard University earlier [...]

Many students at HBCUs are first generation college students who have the opportunity to test their ideas and future objectives after school through direct experience. During my freshman year at Central State University, I followed my dream to become the nation’s leading tennis reporter/coach, in case my talent on the tennis courts could not take me to South Beach. Two [...]

The Education Department, led by Arne Duncan, was expected to earn $33.5 billion off of student loans made during the 2013 fiscal year, according to budget documents. The agency’s Direct Loan program delivered a $24 billion profit on loans made in 2012, and nearly $227.5 billion on 2011 loans. In fact, over the last five fiscal years, the Education Department [...]

Dr. David H. Jackson Jr., chair of Florida A&M University’s Department of History, Political Science, Public Administration, Geography and African American Studies has been named President of the Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc.  for the 2013-2014 year. “I am honored to be selected as the next president of the Southern Conference on African American Studies, Incorporated, a group [...]

Who said Black Greek Lettered Organizations do not promote brotherhood/sisterhood, leadership and scholarship to students on the yard? Members of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Mu Chapter continues to prove this thought wrong by serving their respected HBCU community at Central State University. These brothers of Iota recently won the prestigious Ohio Valley Region ‘Chapter of the Year’ award [...]

Tragic events, an unhappy ending and the downfall of the main character is what Central State University student Malik Perkins depicts of the black man and woman today. Check out his account about the tragedy of these individuals in his piece ‘The Eulogy.’ Typically, we view death as a tragedy. However, it is hard to find sympathy for people who died [...]

“Violence brings only temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace. We talk passionately about peace, and at the same time we assiduously prepare for war. We make our fervent pleas for the high road of justice, and then we tread unflinchingly the low road of injustice. —  Strength to Love, Martin [...]

When Beyoncé recorded ‘Run the World (Girls),’ she almost certainly spoke for herself.   Grammy Award winner Beyoncé Knowles electrified fans the world over during her performance at NFL Super Bowl XLVII. The living legend simultaneously found time to rock social media, too. Some of the funniest interpretations of the ‘Beyoncé Bowl’ came from Twitter. Sports analyst Stephon A. Smith [...]

Looking for something off the mainstream tv path? Take a look at this filmmaker’s journey into the Souls of black folks with Soul food. Check it out here: http://video.pbs.org/video/2305721338/ About Film: Filmmaker Byron Hurt explores the upsides and downsides of soul food, a quintessential American cuisine. Soul Food Junkies explores the history and social significance of soul food to black cultural identity and its effect [...]

After Vice President, Joe Biden, rebutted Congressman Paul Ryan’s point of view on Libya as, “a bunch of malarkey,” I try to be that one cool guy who puts use to the word, too. [Ma-lar-key—noun:  Meaningless talk; nonsense.] Well, in the latest news of ‘malarkey,’ Central State University recently approved this “Smoke-Free Policy:” Effective Immediately In order to promote the [...]

On Monday, January 7th, Tennessee State University President Dr. Glenda Glover presented a check for $50,000 to establish a scholarship endowment in her name as her “first act of business.” She says, in a The Tennessee Tribune interview, “I want our alumni and everyone to get involved in financially supporting our institution, so I am beginning the process with my [...]

The Root‘s contributing editor, Helena Andrews, wrote a humorous yet touching account of her experience midnight of Jan. 13, 2013: Delta Sigma Theta’s celebration of 100 years of collective strength to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to under-served communities. Check out her story, and if you’re a Delta woman, share your own by commenting. (The Root) — I [...]

Late to a previous class, I found myself right on colored folk time arriving to my next ‘get-together’: 2:00 o’clock Geology. Hooray. Our “professor” is short in height, black/African, and…reserved in clothing, to say the least. Meanwhile, some of my fellow colleagues and I prepared to enjoy class with our usual routine. I counted 5 or so cellphones (thumbs inching [...]

From the Staff of HBCU Buzz, we wish you all a Happy New Year! I’m on this “New Year, new me” phase that’s the entire rave on social networks right now. Only I’ve been working. Or maybe I’m just being arrogant (my normal self). Nonetheless, I’m happy to say I’m blessed and highly ambitious, and I hope those reading can [...]

Jada Pinkett Smith questions her daughter’s hair critics opinion on individual freedom when she posted on Facebook recently. Check this out: The question why I would LET Willow cut her hair. First the LET must be challenged. This is a world where women, girls are constantly reminded that they don’t belong to themselves; that their bodies are not their own, [...]

It’s a writers duty to inform the people about things that often go untold, no matter how touchy-feely the news may be. Law professor at Wake Forest University, Gregory S. Parks, did just that with his piece discussing homosexuality in Black Greek Lettered Organizations. Put away your judgement glasses, and check out his review of the matter: On Sept. 8, [...]