Former U.S. Ambassador and chief executive officer of National Public Radio, Delano Lewis visited Jackson State University this week and encouraged students to be diverse in their learning. "Really be good at what you do. Do your best while you are here and get as much out of this place as you can," the Kansas native said to a class of mass communications students.
Christopher Hill tried to urge fellow students to go to the polls to cast their vote in the Nov. 7th election. When the day was done and the ballots tallied, the Democratic Party had regained control of the country's legislative branch of government. This has not been the case since 1994 when Bill Clinton was in the top office.
The "Freshman 15" is defined as the number of pounds that many students gain in their freshman year of college. Although 15 pounds may be a stretch, it is common for freshman students to gain 6 to 8 pounds. Cornell University researchers have found that college freshmen gain an average of 4.
Imagine being a student like Cierra Robinson, a junior mass communications major, who goes to the ATM to get some money for the weekend. She knows there should be money in the account that her mother set up for college expenses, but the machine receipt reads insufficent funds.