Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing 17 people at his former high school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida in 2018. His attorneys turn their focus to saving him and leaving a jury to decide whether he will receive a death sentence for causing one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings. Relatives… Read More Nikolas Cruz Pleads Guilty
FAU students speak on “Missing White Woman Syndrome” and the disparities in the media … Read More Do You See Me?
To wear or not to wear a mask? That is the decision most residents on FAU’s campus have trouble deciding. When masks & testing are expected but not required it can cause a huge shift in safety precautions made by students & staff. The Head of The Housing Department, Catherine Kellman provided more insight on… Read More COVID guidelines for resident students
On Monday August 16th the United Faculty of Florida sent out a mass email stating that they will hold an on-campus protest on August 23rd on the west side steps of the Administration Building. … Read More FAU Faculty Plans On-Campus Protest
A look into the growing diversity of historically Black organizations … Read More A Thin White Line: The White Infiltration of the Divine Nine
In the hopes of promoting “intellectual diversity” and pushing against the “indoctrination” of students, Gov. DeSantis has signed a bill that will require students and faculty in public colleges and universities to be annually surveyed on their political ideologies in order to analyze how diverse campuses really are. This is just a new addition to… Read More Student Thoughts on New Desantis Bill
If you were to ask a Black man or a Black woman what is so unique about them, some of them would say that it would be their hair. If you think about it, we can wear it in many different styles: braids, dreadlocks, twists, wearing our hair natural, the list just goes on and… Read More OPINION: Black Men and Women Need Our Crowns
Actress Mo-Nique went viral last month after she took to Instagram to shame Black women out of wearing bonnets and pajamas out in public. Now from how it seems, the conversation regarding whether hair bonnets should be worn in public has been an ongoing topic of debate everywhere. In the five-minute-long video the actress recalled… Read More It’s Deeper than the Bonnet: The Debate Surrounding Black Women And Their Bonnets
The Florida State Board of Education voted on Thursday to ban public schools from teaching critical race theory. The push was led by Gov. Ron DeSantis as a way to prevent history that would “denigrate the Founding Fathers” from being taught in state classrooms. DeSantis also said he wanted to prevent instructors from “teaching kids… Read More Opinion: Florida’s New Critical Race Theory Ban Debate and its Effect on Our Nation
Trailblazing pioneers like Martin Luther King and George Washington Carver, to modern day heroes like Anita Hill have made enormous contributions to the fight for social, racial, and economic justice. Despite these efforts, true justice among the black community will remain incomplete until mental health disparities among the community are addressed. In fact, according to… Read More Behind the Stigma of Mental Health in the Black Community
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