It’s Friday night and you are preparing to go to a party at the Schine Student Center (aka “a Schine Party”). You think you’ve got everything right and know you’re about to kill the game. NOPE. Wrong answer! We’ve all witnessed it. We’ve all seen someone doing something entirely inappropriate at a Schine party. Just when people think they’ve got
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Who is afraid of post-blackness? Before opening the pages of Touré’s thought provoking book, I did not know the answer to that question. This was the first time I had encountered the term post-blackness, but I quickly learned that this term holds personal and historical value. Post–blackness is defined as “a more individualized notion of Blackness…where we allow each other
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Keep off the grass Childhood lessons from pastel ladies In Family Dollar lawn chairs Framed in silver As silver as silver fleeces Over their Sunday best Hats ringed with synthetic roses The wise often wear many crowns They Preach Leviticus 19:27 Tho shall not cut corners But shit we all had to cut corners Running around two story project apartments
Read moreAs i walk down this eerie street I can hear the quiet violence happening feet away. As I stumble upon this puddle of blood I knew it was just the start of another game of chess, and I have to find out if I’m the Queen or simply a mere pawn. Yet I do feel as if a dark shadow
Read moreI am not a racist… Wait! that’s not what I meant… Is it because I write about it or make jokes? Or am I? Sometimes, the only times, you will only face it is when you trip over your words like the untied shoelaces to your light up sneakers, Realizing the pavement was awaiting the sloppy kiss from your fall.
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Why? It’s that one question that’s perfect to ask when in any situation Why are you leaving? Why are you here? Why are we separating? are just perfect examples of how they’re used It’s like a “last resort question” But I find myself using it every day. Why am I here? Why do I feel this way? Why do I
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