Till’s murderers shouldn’t have gone free
Despite the FBI’s reopening of the 52-year-old case, the family of Emmett Till received little closure on his murder last week. Emmett was a black...
The 419 scam can be stopped with education
There are several e-mail scams floating around the Internet. However, one scam has become so popular that it even has its own song. According to...
Belly dancing isn’t as easy as it looks
People say that things are not always as easy as they seem. I always try to remember this, but the Thursday before spring break, I...
Rap is suffering from the violence it advocates
Hip-hop is dead. That’s what rapper Nas proclaimed on his latest CD. However, with rappers like him, hip-hop is not dead – yet. But it’s...
Anatomy isn’t enough to ban a children’s book
The First Amendment makes it quite clear that there shall be no abridging the freedom of speech or of the press. As a writer and...