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Howard Grad Brandon Dean Wants To Become Brighton, Alabama’s Next Mayor

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Often referred to as the "Obama of Brighton Alabama," Brandon Dean is in hopes to becoming the next Mayor in the city’s upcoming August...

HU Students Use Short Film To Display The Infamous Financial Aid Runaround

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In an effort to not “disrespect” or "bring shame" to HBCUs, students and alumni often stay quiet about the long draining and sometimes ridiculous...

Howard Graduate Jessica Brown Wants To Be Your Financial Aid Guru

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Chances are if the words financial aid, or student loans plague your vocabulary, then you probably need Jessica Brown in your life. Brown, a...

Actress Gillian White Talks About The Film Industry, Her Time At Howard University, And...

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Gillian White is no stranger to Hollywood. She is a 20 year veteran of the entertainment industry, who has appeared on several hit television...

Nolan McCaskill Thinks It’s Safe To Say That This Is A Historic Election Year

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What has your experience been like at Politico so far? Great. Coming in, I wasn't sure what to expect — I was a soon-to-be HBCU...

NCAT Aggie Dutchess Lattimore of Black Ink Crew, Gets Candid With HBCU Buzz

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We know Dutchess Lattimore as the southern spitfire who made her way into our homes via television on VH1’s Black Ink Crew. We’ve seen...

Black and Sexy TV Actors Talk About Their Respective Universities

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Ask any HBCU student or Alumni, and they will concur that the way one goes into an HBCU, is not the way they come...

Howard University Student Tevin Scott Creates Web Series for Black & Sexy TV

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A film major, a few of his Howard University cohorts, some summer networking, and a script about HBCU love. This is the equation that...

ECSU Naturals Are Conceited and Not Afraid to Show It

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“Unpredictable, free-spirited, rebellious, gorgeous, and dominant” This is how Elizabeth City State University students Nadieya Barco and Desiree Everette describe natural hair. Two Years ago...

Buzz Spotlight: Entertainment Journalist Kamaron Leach Is Building His Platform

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Kamaron Leach consists of Howard University soul, journalistic know how, and a grind geared towards building his own brand. Originally wanting to attend Duke University...

Steve Orisakwe Wants Us To Chill And Confess Our Wildest College Stories

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The owner of the HBCU Confessions Twitter account and founder of "HBCU And Chill" talks with our Editor-in-Chief Tommy G. Meade Jr. about how the...

How Jazmin Goodwin Found Inspiration For WHCA Scholarship Essay

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Jazmin Goodwin, a Howard student and broadcast journalism major, was only inspired to write a 250-word scholarship essay when she realized she was on a...

Jeevan Brown Seeks to Relate to Millennials With New Book About Overcoming Obstacles

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In a conversation about his debut book “A Lesson Learned,” eagerness and excitement became the central emotions that escaped from Jeevan Brown’s mouth. Brown, a 2008...

Grambling State Student Newspaper Spotlights NY Giants’ Larry Donnell

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The Gramblinite Larry Donnell was signed by the Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He wears the number 84 jersey for the New York...

Living In A Womanpreneur’s World

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“She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future,” writes Brittney S. Carter on her Instagram page, sharing...

‘Black Emojis’ Gaining Popularity, Howard University Grad Wants More Diversity

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Webster’s Dictionary defines “emoticon” as “a group of keyboard characters that are used to represent a facial expression (such as a smile or frown).”...

Congrats to Texas Southern Grad and His Groom

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NY Times  When he was younger, the Rev. Melvin Poindexter Miller had been torn between pursuing a career in dance or the ministry. After he...

Rising HBCU Kings of Comedy, Freestyle Funny Comedy Show

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2015 seems to be the year for Freestyle Funny Comedy Show. The improvisational and original stand-up group has recently been ranked amongst Comedy Hype’s...