CNN’s American morning Co-Anchor Soledad O’Brien spoke to the students, faculty, staff and visitors of Pembroke on Sept. 23. The message of the newswoman’s speech was simple – diversity matters. “Diversity is a topic that’s important to me both personally and professionally,” O’Brien said.O’Brien, whose full name means “blessed virgin […]

The Record (KRT)Her students at William Paterson University say Professor Eliana Antoniou even makes calculus interesting. And she has a good fashion sense. In fact, Antoniou – who has a Ph.D. from the New Jersey Institute of Technology – has earned a chili pepper. The icon, indicating that she is […]

If anyone’s been in the O’Kelly Library lately they may have noticed some things missing in the lower wing of the facility – the books.The missing books are a result of the libraries closing last semester because molding had settled on the books in that wing and spread throughout the […]

The sets have been built, the shows are in productions and now the folks at RAM-TV-19 are looking for you to help even out the equation.With a new school year, students in the Mass Communications Department have lined up in droves to put what they are learning in class on […]

Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) CHAPEL HILL, N.C. For the first time since they set a firm cap on out-of-state freshman enrollment, leaders of the University of North Carolina system are seriously considering giving non-North Carolinians more seats at all 16 public campuses.Adding nonresidents could help the University of North Carolina […]

Today’s world is polluted with misinformation. Every media device known to man uses their will to misinform the general public through lies. Every bit of history is told from only one person or common group’s perspective. Hidden motives are in every piece of news media, commercial, music video, dogma, and […]

Cato Institute Americans, it seems, have never been better educated. Between 1970 and 2000 the number of individuals enrolled in institutions of higher learning increased from 8.5 million to 15.3 million.Likewise, from 1971 to 2001, the percentage of 25- to 29-year olds in the United States holding at least a […]

(KRT) Recent developments indicate that Americans are spending the majority of their time in “technology advancement,” while neglecting social and cultural progress. We create too many gizmos and not enough new cultural forms and institutions to improve the lot of humanity. In order to achieve a better social product – […]