Celebrating Black History Month is a cultural necessity for all Americans. In February 1926, Carter G Woodson, a historian, author and founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History ignited the first Negro History Week. Woodson selected a specific week that included Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglas’s […]

Two years ago, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin set up a GoFundMe with a goal of raising $2,500 for a toy drive for his community.  Today, Hamiln has not only received $2,500, he’s raised almost $9 million in one of the most unexpected events to ever happen in NFL history. […]

After a disappointing season in 2021 that ended with a 3-13-1 record, the Detroit Lions and their fans had little to look forward to. There were a number of questions surrounding the roster and coaching staff after Dan Campbell, a first-year head coach, failed to make many visible improvements to […]

A recent cross-country flight I was on last year turned into a four hour-long flatulence extravaganza, which lead to the immediate illness of nearby passengers. On Sept. 11, I traveled to Seattle with the Environmental Leadership Program to engage 30 conservation fellows from different regions across the United States. […]

Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and SpaceX and one of the world’s richest people, announced on April 14 that he wanted to buy the social media site Twitter. Musk’s primary intentions for the purchase of the company, he said, include an overall push for greater free speech. Musk, however, tried to […]

The coronavirus has impacted millions of people around the world and it almost killed me. Nearly 6.63 million people died from COVID-19 and there are over 643 million confirmed cases. Unfortunately, I was one of the 643 million confirmed cases due to poor judgment and my increased need to go have […]

The author is a junior guard on the men’s basketball team. As the basketball season came to a close last year with a loss in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League tournament, many people felt like we underachieved. So did I. This year, we are coming to reverse those feelings. […]

As a basketball player, it is hard to say that you are, or have been, the best player on all of your teams growing up. With that being said, I am honest enough to realize — and admit — that I have not been that caliber player my whole life, but […]

Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful and give thanks after every- thing we’ve endured throughout the year. Most spend the holiday with their loved ones, while some spend it by themselves. Giving thanks for life, health and strength is just the basics. When you consider the past two or three […]

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and we must spend time with our family and friends to make lasting memories. The world is going through some very divisive times — economic destabilization, war, political strife, pandemics and mass shootings. These last few years have resulted in the deaths of millions of […]