This brilliant young woman was offered a spot by 26 colleges (and $3m in scholarships) http://t.co/0EcmyRlIPZ pic.twitter.com/7PPnrWPf4b" — Maham Masood (@1mahammasood) June 15, 2015 Black girls do, indeed, rock. And Chicago high school student Arianna Alexander is no exception. In fact, she’s rocking her $3 million worth of scholarships all the way to college. Arianna, […]
African-American students are paying a big price when it comes to achieving higher education; according to a new report, Blacks acquire the most student loan debt. The National…
CLEVELAND — Thousands of visitors will pump about $8 million to $10 million into the regional economy as the nation’s sports spotlight focuses on Cleveland this week. That is the “guesstimate” from Destination Cleveland’s David Gilbert. Cleveland will join Los Angeles, Houston and Syracuse hosting a Regional Semifinal in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. And […]
Three years after the killing of Trayvon Martin, and subsequent killings of unarmed Black men sparked a national reaction movement in the form of #BlackLivesMatter, Dartmouth College is now set to offer a spring semester course dedicated to the politics of the hashtag. Dartmouth’s “10 Weeks, 10 Professors: #BlackLivesMatter” course will consider “race, structural inequality and violence in both a […]
Years of hard work and a reality show later, Cordell Broadus has officially announced that he’ll be playing football for the UCLA Bruins! Ranked as the #14 Wide Receiver prospect in the country, the son of the legendary Snoop Dogg will join a UCLA program that made him an offer since he was […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Street crews in Cleveland are dealing with a massive water main break in Little Italy. It happened around 1:00 p.m. Friday on East 120th Street. East 120th is closed between Euclid and Mayfield and Euclid is also closed between East 118th and Lakeview. Authorities tell us the water is several […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The showdown the Ohio State fans wanted for a long time finally came to fruition. The 2015 Sugar Bowl featured the top ranked Alabama Crimson Tide and the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes. Buckeyes threw out their third starting quarterback of the year, Cardale Jones. Jones made his first college […]
KENT, OH (WOIO) – Students at Kent State protested Tuesday, the Ferguson grand jury decision not to indict the officer accused of killing Michael Brown. At least 200 students were marching along Terrace Drive to Oscar Ritchie Hall led by Marvin Logan, USG Executive Director at Kent State University. The crowd was chanting things […]
KENT, OH (WOIO) – The snow may have covered parts of Buffalo, NY but the Kent State football team is not letting that get in the way of their game. Despite the forecast, the team traveled to the University of Buffalo Tuesday. According to Kent’s Director of Media Relations Emily Vincent, the team arrived […]
KENT, OH (WOIO) – One photojournalism class at Kent State, back in 1941, made quite the impression on Wallace (Wally) Hagedorn. He took the class while he was still in high school and it inspired him to become an amateur photographer. So impressed was the Cincinnati man that he left a $3 million bequest […]
CLEVELAND – The green is turning gold as Cleveland State University turns 50. What started as Fenn College, housed in an old YMCA building, has grown into a thriving university campus in the heart of Cleveland. “It’s no longer a port,” Ronald Berkman, CSU’s president, said. “It’s now a destination.” New buildings have been […]
Urban Outfitters is not pleasing very many shoppers. The clothing company is on the receiving end of negative backlash after it released a faux-vintage Kent State sweatshirt splattered in blood. Many believe the shirt is in reference to the May 4, 1970 shootings where four unarmed students protesting the Vietnam War were killed by the […]