2008 Woodie Awards
A funny thing happened about a year ago -- the hip-hop generation stood up in unison (almost) in support of Barack Obama. We haven't seen rappers back something this strong since the "stop snitching" movement a few years back. The Obama movement stood for something a lot stronger.
Petr Krakora is an international student from the Czech Republic. Currently, he is a senior political science major at Norfolk State University. He would like to share his experiences from his internship in Washington, D.C this past summer: Each year, as the spring semester comes to an end, we, students, are excited to leave university campuses and enjoy summer free from vigorous classroom work and demanding teachers.
Going to the voting booth Tuesday was an interesting experience because never have I gone to vote on Election Day that lines for the booths were that extremely long. It was also exciting because I went with my brother who had turned 18 two days prior. Voting is one of the ways that we can express ourselves and exercise our civil duty.
"With so many TV shows built around the imperfections of women's bodies and the urgent need to correct them, what effect has this had on the health (both physical and psychological) of young women?" asked Michael Massing in "Off Course." The article "Off Course" came from the Mass Media (ISBN-13: 978-0-07-331672-7) textbook and it dealt with how influential newspapers, most of the time, miss half the story as it relates to hip and ambitious coverage of pop culture.
Racial disparities often occur in how the authorities and media handle missing person cases. Missing minority women often go unnoticed but when a white woman goes missing, the various media suddenly get a big case of the Missing White Woman Syndrome (MWWS).
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