Chelsea Pearce is the type of girl who’s tragic, yet triumphant life is the thing tear-jerking movies are made of. Spending most of her teen…
Dorian Joyner Jr., didn’t have that experience when he started his collegiate journey at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. His dad, Dorian Joyner Sr., joined him. They were classmates and Junior didn’t mind. Now, they have completed the requirements to graduate and will officially become Morehouse men walking across the stage with President Obama at […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A year to the day after kicking off his victorious re-election campaign on this college campus, President Barack Obama returned to Ohio State University and told graduates that only through vigorous participation in their democracy can they right an ill-functioning government and break through relentless cynicism about the nation’s future. “I […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the young black men who graduated high school in 2010 earned their diploma in four years, an improved graduation rate that still lagged behind that of their white counterparts, according to an education group's report released Wednesday. The Schott Foundation for Public Education, which has tracked graduation rates of […]
I’ve heard of “‘tis the season to be jolly,” but I’ve never heard of “‘tis the season to be anal.” Until now. Shannon Cooper of South Carolina knows all about this season, and the folks who have gone anal. She now has an arrest record that shows how anal they are. Here’s […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Year after year it's a sure bet that the comforting graduation mainstay "Pomp and Circumstance" is drowned out on occasion by airhorns, cowbells or the sheer lung power of proud friends and family. What appears to have changed is stiffer retribution for those in the crowd who don't want to save […]
Genarlow Wilson was set to graduate this weekend with honors from Morehouse College in Atlanta with a degree in sociology, when he hit the snag that so many seniors run into just days before commencement: he learned he was short the total number of credits needed to participate in the ceremony. Wilson has already enrolled […]
