Photo by Carson Ming, Photo Editor By Linden Young, Contributing Writer I write this essay with a feeling of growing disappointment. Yet I remember reading an article written for the Maroon Tiger nearly eighty years ago entitled, “The Purpose of Education,” in which the author explicitly stated that which had been long implicit at…
Image via The Nation By Ian Shaiyen, Staff Writer California-born rapper Kendrick Lamar took Super Bowl LIX by storm this past Sunday in a fiery performance filled with revolutionary symbolism and spectacle. The performance consisted of an 11 song track-list, with many of the songs serving as a mashup of the rapper’s greatest…
By: Ian Shaiyen, Staff Writer California rapper Tyler the Creator’s eighth studio album is here. Chromakopia, a word created by the Nigerian American artist, is defined as, “an intense or unusual experience of color.” This is the word that the artist has chosen to entitle arguably his most prolific release yet, and it…
Image via Netflix: “The Piano Lesson” official promotion poster By Freddrell Green, Arts & Entertainment Editor Malcolm Washington’s “The Piano Lesson” is the first film adaptation of the 1987 play by August Wilson. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins and Danielle Deadwyler, the ensemble cast navigate life with the…
Image via Aliance Theatre’s Facebook: Rob Dewey and Jade Payton featured as Dr. King and Camae By Ian Shaiyen, Staff Writer Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall’s “The Mountaintop” is a masterful work of writing where intersectionality plays center stage. Set in a Memphis hotel room on the eve of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s…
Image via Simone Joyner/Getty Images By: Hunter Bonarparte, Arts and Entertainment Coordinator Travis Scott’s new album came at an interesting time. In the midst of thousands of students in the AUC packing their bags for the new school year, Scott released an album that broke the thin yet consistent layer of stress that…
Photo by: Sydney Price; Written by: Auzzy Byrdsell, MT Secretary Each year, The Student Government Association (SGA) elections are an integral and anticipated time in AUC culture. Students of all classifications race to represent, lead and influence their student bodies. The sought-after SGA president position is crucial to the communication and perception of the students…
Photo by Justin Darden By Kennedy Edgerton, Opinions Editor In my experience as a student, arriving at Morehouse College for the first time is undoubtedly emotional for first-year students and their parents. For students, New Student Orientation represents a transition from the carefree reality of adolescence to the daunting reality of adulthood. For parents, the…
By George A Pratt, Staff Writer At the 94th Academy Awards, a global audience of millions witnessed Will Smith assault Chris Rock, dubbed by the media “the Oscar’s slap heard around the world.” The battery was motivated by a joke Rock made directed toward Jada Smith regarding her hair, likening her appearance to that…
By Elijah Megginson, Staff Writer “I’m extremely proud of myself for how far I have come [in accomplishing my goals], but support from people who looked like me really would have helped,” says Marquis Stukes, freshman political science major from Brooklyn, New York. Stukes is proud of his accomplishments — he knows how much…
