Joshua Duffy-Cooper, Staff Writer Though the school year is off to a great start, the 2020 presidential election is full speed ahead. Over the summer there has been a myriad of political campaigning from numerous candidates of the democratic party. This summer also brought tensions to a head between the trump administration and the democratic…
Torrence Banks, News Editor The Maroon Tiger football team got the opportunity to play against the Alabama A&M Bulldogs in the first annual Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic. The game was played in Tom Benson Hall of Fame stadium in Canton, OH. “It was a huge honor for us to be…
Torrence Banks, News Editor On Tuesday, Morehouse professor Dr. Bryant Marks instructed the My Brother’s Keeper Master Class: Black to Business class. The course is also co-instructed by Dr. Shaquille O’Neal. This week, the special guest in the course was the Executive Director of My Brother’s Keeper Alliance (MBK) at the Obama Foundation Michael Smith. …
Kennedy London, Associate Arts & Entertainment Editor With the massive commercial and critical success of the 2017 horror movie “IT”, it became obvious that the second part of Stephen King’s story had to be adapted as well. Due to the 1986 novel being over 1000 pages, you can’t really make a nearly 5 hour long…
Ron Thomas, Adviser At a time when it’s rare for an NBA team to draft a player from an HBCU and black-college teams are deep underdogs during March Madness, it’s easy to forget that into the 1980s HBCUs contributed many historically significant and outstanding players to the sport of basketball. Two impactful former NBA players…
Joshua Burrell, Arts & Entertainment Editor Creative development is difficult for artists after multiple projects. Reinventing character to translate growth holds an audience if consistent production quality, philanthropy or appearances in tabloids don’t. Artists with notoriety, like Chance the Rapper, must stay popular or be innovative for their albums to reach high acclaim among fans….
Jair Hilburn, Editor-In-Chief In an interview full of laughs and a couple of tears, there was a lot I learned about this year’s Man of the Year: LeAnthony Freeman. He is a man on campus that isn’t as involved in campus life but that doesn’t mean he’s not being proactive with his time. Freeman started…
Jair Hilburn, Editor-In-Chief In response to allegations of sexual misconduct brought forward by students on July 16 and 17, Morehouse College President David A. Thomas has released a statement expressing that it is “a top priority” that the student body, along with the faculty and staff, feel safe on campus. “We will vigorously investigate any…
Jair Hilburn, Editor-In-Chief Late in the April night, I sat waiting with my Managing Editor Isaiah Johnson in the Maroon Tiger Office for an interview with the woman who’d be named our Woman of the Year: Anta Njie. After being congratulated for being nominated for being Woman of the Year, Njie expressed her sentiments about…
DeAndre Washington, Arts & Entertainment Editor It’s been years since we last saw the days of Young Money, Maybach Music, and GOOD Music pioneering what would become hip-hop’s super labels. The special thing about each of these labels lies in the fact that the leading artist is also the label’s founder and executive, but none…
