Photo by Kollin Washington By: Colin Royal and Bennie Williams When the majority of people think about George Floyd, they tend to recount the tragic events of May 25, 2020, when Floyd was murdered by officer Derek Chauvin. However, co-authors Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa of “His Name is George Floyd” sought to change this…
AUC representatives at The Democracy Summit: Julaiza Alvarez (Clark Atlanta), Maleika Stewart (Spelman), Shannay Porter (Clark), Morehouse’s Professor Ron Thomas, Auzzy Byrdsell, Professor Nicole Carr, Ronnie Simon ’22, Jalen Brown./Photo by Unknown. By Auzzy Byrdsell, Contributing Writer Black reporters who self-identify as pro-democracy journalists are so important in American society, yet they are so scarce….
Photo by Saul Martinez New York Times By Andy Harris, Editor in Chief Some people are more ambitious than others in their life goals, and the 45th president appears to want to emulate that truth. Former U.S president Donald Trump has announced that he will be running for president once again in 2024. After a…
By Kennedy Edgerton, Opinions Editor When Barack Obama was elected president on Nov. 4, 2008, hundreds of members of the Morehouse community and television cameras from several networks were packed into Douglass Hall to hear the results. Ron Thomas, who was in his second year as director of the Morehouse journalism program, was among the…
Photo by Lucas Wilson By Auzzy Byrdsell, Contributing Writer For generations, the nature of the Men of Morehouse has been to be well read, well traveled, well dressed, well spoken and well balanced. Tomorrow on November 1, Morehouse College will inform students about an opportunity to pursue a career in the Foreign Service that will…
Christopher Doomes, Managing Editor For the first time in Morehouse and Spelman’s history, both schools will have separate tailgates. Morehouse will have two different tailgates of its own, one for students and the other for alumni. Tailgate tickets for students and faculty are set at $15.00 per person. As for the alumni, their tickets…
Morehouse has relaxed their COVID-19 guidelines to reflect the CDC’s stance, which raises concerns for faculty and staff. By Jalen Brown, News Editor Students who test positive for Covid-19 must self-isolate inside their residential houses with their non-vaccinated roommates, per the latest guidance from the Atlanta University Center Consortium’s (AUCC) science team. Vaccinated…
By Jalen Brown, Managing Editor No matter the classification, every student remains painfully aware of how much the pandemic has altered the famed Morehouse experience. Juniors and seniors can’t help but reminisce on the days of their first year, while freshmen and sophomores do their best to try and adapt to all the moving…
Photo taken by Elliot Freeman. By Bennie Williams, Staff Writer On Monday, November 22, candidates attended a forum held at Bank of America Auditorium to make their case to the Atlanta University Center community ahead of the November 30th election. The candidate forum, jointly hosted by the Alpha Rho Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,…
By Kennedy Edgerton, Staff Writer The Atlanta University Center is home to many different cultures. Students and faculty from across the African Diaspora come together in cultural harmony. In recent years, however, Eastern Asian culture has found its way to the AUC. The AUC Japan Club was founded in 2012 by students who held a…
