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Yesterday | The Age

Obama gets personal about race and manhood

President Barack Obama on Sunday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to "transform the way we think about manhood," urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility for their families and their communities.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Morehouse College

Fri May 17, 2013

National Public Radio

Obama U: What Graduation Speeches Say About The President

Compare that with four years ago, when he told Arizona State's graduating class that it was leaving college in times of "extraordinary difficulty." When he spoke to Naval Academy graduates in 2009, he highlighted their choice to serve in a time of war.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Morehouse College, US News, State of the Union

Sun May 12, 2013

Hampton Roads Daily Press

HU grads urged to promote building healthy communities

Seconds before the final trickle of Hampton University graduates arrived on the field, the morning's rainy sky had dissipated.

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Mon May 06, 2013

Patch.com

Meadowcreek Student Named Gates Millennium Scholar

Gwinnett County school officials announced Monday that 12 students will have their college tuition paid in full through the Gates Millennium Scholars program.

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Related Topix: Gwinnett County, GA, Georgetown University, Harvard University, University of Georgia, Cornell University

WTKR-TV Norfolk

The Baxter Family

Today we honor the men of the Baxter family. On the left- Ensign Brandon Baxter.

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Sun May 05, 2013

The Virginian-Pilot

ODU president teaches potential successors

The job of a college president is no bed of roses these days, but there are still people who'd like to give it a try.

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Related Topix: Old Dominion University, Virginia Wesleyan College, Regent University, Wesleyan College, Eastern Virginia Medical School

Thu May 02, 2013

Seattle Medium

Felony Disenfranchisement Is Jim Crow Era Holdover

Last week, the Delaware State legislature approved a constitutional amendment to all but remove the last Jim Crow-era voter suppression law from its books.

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Wed May 01, 2013

National Geographic

NASA Probe Spies Giant Hurricane on Saturn

A monster-sized hurricane raging around Saturn 's north pole has come into focus, thanks to NASA's Cassini spacecraft , and researchers hope it will help shape our understanding of similar storms on Earth.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Tornado, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, Cameras

Tue Apr 30, 2013

Clarksville Online

NASA's Cassini spacecraft spots huge Hurricane at Saturn's North Pole

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, Science / Technology, NASA

Mon Apr 29, 2013

WVEC-TV Norfolk

Social media hypes up Beach weekend

Officials were surprised at how many people flooded the Oceanfront for College Beach Weekend, thanks in part to promotion of the event on social media.

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Related Topix: Virginia Beach, VA

Insight News

Felony Disenfranchisement Is Jim Crow Era Holdover

Last week, the Delaware State legislature approved a constitutional amendment to all but remove the last Jim Crow-era voter suppression law from its books.

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Tallahassee Democrat

Campus notes

He will begin the clerkship in August. Prior to attending law school, Stowes served as a distinguished fellow for the U.S. Department of State, where he worked domestically in Washington, D.C. at Main State, and abroad at the U.S. Consulate in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Related Topix: Contagion, World News, South Africa, Agriculture, Science, Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Physics

Fri Apr 26, 2013

The Huffington Post

Benjamin Todd Jealous: Felony Disenfranchisement: A Holdover from the Jim Crow Era

Last week, the Delaware State legislature approved a constitutional amendment to all but remove the last Jim Crow-era voter suppression law from its books.

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Wed Apr 24, 2013

The Mississippi Press

Polk family honors Moss Point School District's teacher of the year Nikeland Cooper

When Dr. John Polk presented his family's award to the Moss Point School District's Teacher of the Year, he knew what it meant to be chosen for a similar academic honor.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Boston University, Moss Point, MS

Essence Magazine

Thousands of HBCU Students Unite Against Campus Rape

One in five young women between the ages of 16-24 will be sexually assaulted while in college, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Related Topix: US News, Spelman College, Morehouse College, Bowie State University

Tue Apr 23, 2013

Times Herald-Record

Her Newburgh success story

Start 20-some years ago in Newburgh. Daniella Raquel Jones toddles around her parents' home as a 3-year-old. Her mom, Dr.

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Related Topix: Newburgh, NY, Black Entertainment, Billie Holiday, Jazz

The Virginian-Pilot

Les Mis rables, Tattoo, rubber ducks

This new, 25th anniversary production of the Broadway musical features new staging and scenery based on paintings by Victor Hugo, author of the novel upon which the play is based.

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Related Topix: Norfolk, VA, Virginia Beach, VA, Prison, Hampton, VA, Chesapeake, VA

Mon Apr 22, 2013

Examiner.com

DJ Babey Drew joins Love and Hip Hop Atlanta cast...

Virginia is officially on the map!! That's right we're FAMOUS... DJ Babey Drew is on Love and Hip Hop Atlanta and the 757 is beyond proud of the former Hampton University student and Z104 DJ.

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