By Jair Hilburn, Editor-In-Chief After weeks of campaigning, the student body has elected the students that will lead them and Morehouse into a new age. Junior John “Trey” Bowers was declared to be the 88th Student Government Association (SGA) President-elect on April 1 after a run-off, and Junior Alexander Cherry was elected to serve as…
By Joshua Burrell, Staff Writer Over 2000 community leaders, activists and students travelled from all over the world for the three-day Climate Reality Project Convention at the Georgia World Congress Center on March 14. Guests came to understand how to correct the current climate crisis while encouraging environmental justice in Black and Brown communities. The…
By Joshua Burrell, Staff Writer Social media is a space for people to voice their opinions, speak their peace, and is a contemporary platform for activism. Activism uses organized messages and campaigns to incite both social and political changes. In the age of social media, people communicate with allusions to videos, pictures, memes and popular…
By DeAndre Washington, Staff Writer If you know about spoken word, a bi-weekly open mic is not the only avenue writers use as an outlet. Sometimes it takes having to compete against another. For brief context, I am a poet that doesn’t believe in poetry at the moment. There’s not enough want for the craft…
By Shakim Muhafiz, Staff Writer It’s taking the gaming world by storm. The new battle royale game is looking to dethrone the popular game “Fortnite.” The new game “Apex Legends” (Apex) is bringing in a bunch of gamers. During its first weekend, it brought in 11 million players. The game is seeking to become the…
Isaiah Johnson, Managing Editor Midterms can be a stressful time for college students everywhere, staying up late hours of the night studying class material while getting very little sleep. It can be more stressful for those that are dealing with personal matters outside of their academic studies, placing them in an even more difficult situation…
By Autumn Harris, Contributing Writer Amy Sherald doesn’t remember much from her early childhood, but during her conversation at the High Museum of Art with Dr. Andrea Barnwell-Brownlee, she easily recalled Bo Bartlett’s 1986 painting, “Object Performance,” as her first introduction to American Realism. As a sixth-grader, it also doubled as her first time seeing…
DeAndre Washington, Staff Writer It’s that time of year again, where the celebration returns – as do those who once walked these same campus grounds asking for directions to Nabritt-Mapp-McBay or Merrill Hall. Morehouse College prepares to celebrate another Founder’s Day. This year culminates 152 years of developing men with disciplined minds to lead lives…
Jair Hilburn, Editor-In-Chief Upon the release of his new movie “Night School” actor and comedian Kevin Hart alongside Will Packer, film producer, visited the Atlanta University Center to talk about the impact of education. In this film, Hart plays Teddy Walker, a character who attends night school to receive his GED, but he struggles with…
Jair Hilburn, Editor-in-Chief Despite not hailing from the institution that he has had a love for since childhood, President David A. Thomas has dreams that he plans to become a reality while he is serving as the president of Morehouse College. When speaking at the Opening Convocation, Thomas informed the Morehouse community about how he plans…
