On Oct 10th, I wrote a story on the “Reclaim the Red - Rally for Respect” march, an event that brought awareness to sexual assault happening at the University of Maryland. I noticed that there weren't a lot of Black women among the protesters. I found this telling of something problematic: how Black women are left out of issues that disproportionately affect them.
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Canadian rapper Drake dropped a new EP “Scary Hours 2” on Friday. The project is a sequel to his 2018 EP “Scary Hours.” This drop is coming off the cusp of delaying his upcoming project “Certified Lover Boy.”
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Homecoming comedy shows at UMD are a big deal. The first virtual one ever is an even bigger deal as Hasan Minhaj was the featured comedian for this year’s homecoming show that took place on Tuesday night.
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To win or not to win. At least, that’s the question for Serena Williams, the previous No. 1 tennis player in the world. Williams is looking to tie and beat the world record for most Grand Slam titles held ever. Grand Slam titles include the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
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BY AMINA LAMPKIN
What do you all think about Halloween? How has your outlook on the ghoulish night changed as you’ve grown older?
I’ve always loved the holiday. It was fun driving past the inflatable pumpkins in my neighbors’ yards or seeing what creative costumes my classmates came up with. Even now, I still enjoy Halloween. But, each year I wonder what ridiculous and insensitive costumes I’ll see on my social media feeds.
It doesn’t even have to be Halloween for traditional and significant aspects belonging to a specific culture to be appropriated. We see it everyday. But Halloween brings cultural appropriation to new heights.
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BY AMINA LAMPKIN
Launched on Oct. 5, 2017, Blitter is an independently black-owned social media app for black Twitter users. Blitter is similar to Twitter: users can create 120-character posts (known as bleets) with embedded videos, limited to 15 seconds in length, and images. The app’s interface includes a popular and recent section. Having been on the app store for less than two weeks, Blitter is still a bit glitchy; however, founder and developer Patrick Harris, is working hard to get rid of bugs.
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by JULIAN HOLMES
In the wake of recent tragedies such as Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the recent massacre in Las Vegas, and other disasters that have transpired in the last month, the world has been shocked numb.
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BY AMINA LAMPKIN
If you google “what is a lone wolf,” 14 million results will appear. The first answer is a definition from the dictionary: a person who prefers to act or be alone. As you continue to scroll through the results, more often than not it is used as a character trait to describe mass shooters.
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Despite Dove’s management having removed the advertisement and apologized for its insensitivity, their repetition is indicative of a larger issue at hand.
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Stereotypical personas, ranging from “Jezebel,” “Sapphire,” “Mammy,” “Brute,” and “Uncle Tom,” are memorialized as the misrepresentation of black people and are constantly scripted into films and predominantly reality television series.
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Words and phrases comprised of “ight,” “finna,” and “fleek” are often displayed through social media sites such as Instagram and Twitter, and inevitably adopted by a greater audience as it begins to infiltrate the scripts of television series, clothing brands and the jargon of entertainment news reporters with expectations of appearing more, “hip with the times,” “gangsta” or “trendy.”
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The end of the spring semester is a time filled with nostalgia and bittersweet memories, and a time of reflection for many college students as they embark on the journey ahead. But for the University of Maryland and the Bowie State University, the conclusion of last semester unveiled the bubbling racial tensions on campus.
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Gabriella Estevez felt empowered as she left Stamp Student Union on Thursday.
On Feb. 9, Estevez was one of several students who attended the “Purpose, Pipelines, and Presence Intentionality in Graduate Education Diversity,” presented by the Office of Graduate Diversity and Inclusion.
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