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There was an article recently in the New York Times about the new scope and focus of right-to-life organizations around the country. The benefactors of these good works and services are a group both familiar and dear to me~young African-American women. Imagine this… A local college or university cam

Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups of sugar One 15 oz can (plain) pumpkin (Libby’s) 1 cup veg oil (Crisco) 1/3 cup cold water 4 large eggs 3 1/2 cups of sifted flour 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp salt Method: Preheat oven @ 350F. Grease a large bundt pan with [...]

One of the laments frequently echoed from the halls of higher education is that students are too often academically unprepared upon entering college. Students who have successfully completed their high school curricula and exit exams frequently find themselves mired in semesters of remedial college

One of the laments frequently echoed from the halls of higher education is that students are too often academically unprepared upon entering college. Students who have successfully completed their high school curricula and exit exams frequently find themselves mired in semesters of remedial college

There was an article recently in the New York Times about the new scope and focus of right-to-life organizations around the country. The benefactors of these good works and services are a group both familiar and dear to me~young African-American women. Imagine this… A local college or university cam

Springtime has many rites of passage attributed to it alone: garden parties, weddings and graduations just to name a few. As I reflected on these ideas, I began to consider the spring season of 2009, and far less romantic notions. During last year’s spring season, many American’s stood aghast as an

I am frequently drawn to stories about love, in all its incarnations: philia, apage and eros. I am particularly an ardent believer in loves ability to triumph over adversity. More realistically stated, I’m exceptionally stubborn about things that tug at the heart-strings. I have been in love more ti

There was an article recently in the New York Times about the new scope and focus of right-to-life organizations around the country. The benefactors of these good works and services are a group both familiar and dear to me~young African-American women. Imagine this… A local college or university cam

I recently struggled through Chinua Achebe’s wonder Things Fall Apart. My use of the descriptive “wonder” and “struggled” are not mere hyperbole.  I would read pages and pages at a stint, caught up and transported to the villages inhabited by the Igbo people, listening to their searing voices and rh

A writer discovers an essay written many years earlier and reflects upon it's subject matter and circumstances of creating it. The actual essay then follows this commentary.