Why Can't I Vote for Hillary?
Randol G. Davis - Staff Writer
I support Hillary Clinton for President in 2008. Why can I not say that without sparking an argument with one of my friends from Morehouse? Why is not acceptable for me, a black woman, to support the Senator from New York in her increasingly successful presidential campaign? Why does the fact that I share the same race with Barack Obama obligate me to vote for him?
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Smoke 'Em if You Got 'Em
Hunter David Russell - Contributing Writer
As I stood puffing on a cigarette one damp February morning, a stranger approached me and remarked, "y'know, those things will kill ya." I was shocked, not at the potential health risks of smoking (which have decorated American cigarette packs since 1966) but at my supposed ignorance. Of course, smoking kills you, so do guns, crack, and AIDS. Well let me go in peace, I am well aware of the risk body and I choose to smoke anyway.
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Factory Work
David Rozzell - Contributing Writer
In late October, The Associated Press released a report stating that 12 percent of all American high schools graduate only about half of their students. The story states that these 1,700 or so "Dropout Factories" graduate no more than 60 percent of their incoming freshmen. The problem cannot be the schools alone.
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No Such Thing as Free Parking
Hunter David Russell - Contributing Writer
As the recipient of a tuition, room, and board scholarship, I can't complain about much at Morehouse, despite its numerous shortcomings. Nonetheless, I generally do not have the highest expectations of this college anyway.
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Remember Where We Come From
Remember Where We Come From Jonathan Collins - Contributing Writer
Morehouse College is an academic institution that is full young African-American males who are determined to succeed, but is that positive or negative? It all depends on the purpose behind that drive.
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