For Over 20 years, U of M’s multicultural affairs program has hosted an opening and closing ceremony for Black History Month. The closing ceremony will be held Feb. 27 and its sole purpose is to end black history month on a high note. “The ceremony is important because it is a climax to a month ...
Experts say that fat shaming has become a part of American culture. Many consider obesity an epidemic in America, and despite common beliefs, fat shaming may be a part of the problem, and students are not only being fat shamed by their peers; they are fat shaming themselves. According to the Journal ...
Less than three years ago, Rosie Phillips Bingham, Vice President of Student Affairs at the University of Memphis, won a lifetime achievement award from the Black Student Association at the university. Today, Bingham was named the winner of the 2015 American Psychological Association (APA) Award for ...
People between the ages of 18 and 25 were the lowest percentage of those who voted in the Shelby Country Federal state primary and county general elections in 2014. An average of 2.3 percent of those in the age demographic went to the polls, according to the Shelby County Elections Commission. With ...
Taking pictures with a cell phone has become a large part of our collective culture, but most people are unaware of how valuable of a tool they really posses in thier pockets. Lesley Young, a freelance journalist and photographer, said she hopes her smart phone photography workshop will help people ...
