Image via Google By: Grace Barlow, Staff Writer In July of 2022, Helene D. Gayle, PHD assumed the role of the 11th President of Spelman College. Gayle is committed to cultivating an environment for Black women to realize their full potential and be their own kind of ‘Spelman Woman’. She sat down with…
Image via Ryann Phillips By: Ryann Phillips, Staff Writer Students across the Atlanta University Center hosted another speak-out Saturday afternoon to advocate for student’s rights, as 300 Spelman students were recently denied housing for Fall 2024. The college has had a recent history of protests following the announcement of housing decisions due to…
By: Elijah Pinckney On Feb. 13, 2024, Morehouse’s journalism and communications department students visited and toured Atlanta’s 11Alive Studios. The initiative was led by Journalism Department chair and Maroon Tiger Advisor Craig A. Brown. When the students arrived at 11Alive’s headquarters, they were met by Karys Belger, a reporter and journalist for 11Alive;…
Image via Google By: Erinn Gardner and Freddrell Green, Staff Writers The long-anticipated arrival of Dr. Umar Johnson will come to an end when he speaks to Atlanta University Center (AUC) students at Morehouse College. Johnson, widely known for his controversial hot takes, is a certified psychologist and pan-africanist who holds radical views regarding…
Image via Erinn Gardner By: Erinn Gardner, Staff Writer Once again, the quantity of housing applications at Spelman College exceeded the number of beds that they have available for the 2024-2025 academic school year. To voice their demands, students organized a protest today at 12 p.m. outside the residence life office in Johnnetta…
Image via Emmanuel Lee Written By: Emmanuel Lee, Contributing Writer Although Morehouse College is known as a school for premier Black male excellence, the College intentionally works to highlight the excellent black women involved in our community. On Feb 1, Becky Pringle, President of the National Education Association(NEA), was praised and featured at…
Image via Auzzy Byrdsell By: India Rice, Staff Writer After Usher “Turnt the world to the ‘A’’ during his Super Bowl XLVIII performance, the city of Atlanta brought the “A” right back to him by proclaiming February 14 as Usher Raymond Appreciation Day. The eight-time Grammy award-winning artist came to Clark Atlanta…
Image via Seth Beamer By: Auzzy Byrdsell, Editor-in-Chief & Colin Royal, Managing Editor of Print Several students stood in protest Thursday around 11:45 a.m. in Crown Forum at the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel in solidarity with Palestine amidst the Israel – Hamas conflict. Of those students, junior Psychology major Amir Childs…
Image via Erika Smith By: Mira Donaldson, Staff Writer In the midst of an era marked by unprecedented mass consumption and a looming financial recession, there is an unspoken expectation that those with more should extend their resources to those with less. College students represent a demographic in the United States requiring specific…
Image via Phoenix Satterfield By: Grace Barlow The Atlanta University Center Philly Club is breaking barriers. In a recent initiative, The Philly Club and its members presented to over 500 high school students the significance of attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The mission of the Philly Club is to enhance…
