The power of the tongue and mind is immeasurable, but with modern-day technology, our fingers are just as powerful.   No one could escape the swirling gossip and speculationsthat surrounded campus elections last week. Things escalated to another level when WSSU alumnus and local radio personality Brian “BDaht” McLaughlin ranted […]

I take pride in being a woman. After all, we are nurturers, trend setters, muses for fashion; face it — humanity is nothing without us. But, there is more to womanhood than that. As author-poet Ntozake Shange said, “Where there is woman, there is magic.” Women have undoubtedly played a […]

Ralph Baker is no stranger to the stock market. His father introduced him to the Wall Street Journal in fifth grade, and since then Baker has worked his way to a lucrative more than 15-year career in corporate finance. In 2006, he founded the New York Shock Exchange, an inner-city […]

When you think of the most popular social networks, Twitter definitely comes to mind. The site is a haven for those craving the latest, hottest news of the day. For that reason, Twitter has become a microcosm consisting of many small communities, one of which has taken the world by […]

From the directors of 21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie has become one of the top-grossing films of the year. Voiced by Chris Pratt (“Parks and Recreation”), Will Ferrell (Anchorman 2), Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption) and more, the animated film premiered Feb. 7 and has received critical acclaim. As […]

I am not apologizing for the most recent RAMble Online poll. I began receiving emails about it less than two hours after it was distrib­uted. The first message was for­warded from my adviser, who was the original recipient of the email. Once I read it, my eyebrows imme­diately raised. What […]

Imagine attend­ing a college where less than 5 percent of the student popula­tion looks like you. This is the reality for many Black students attending Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). In 2006, UCLA admitted just 96 Black students out of a fresh­man class of 4,800. This came 10 years after California […]