10 Search results for "uconn"

Jorge Rivas, Colorlines | July 18, 2011 Thirteen-year-old Autum Ashante is a child prodigy. She could read at age 2, and by 3 she was writing and performing poetry. Less than ten years later, at the age of 12, the Bronx native graduated high school and is now widely known as a poet, United Nations […]

      A college campus remains divided after members of a white fraternity received no punishment for harassing members of a black sorority. Audience members including student leaders and alumni at the University of Connecticut felt disrespected by responses from some of the panelists who spoke at a town hall meeting hosted by the […]

Just after the NCAA tournament, we posted a story about Shabazz Napier, a UCONN basketball player, saying that he went to be hungry sometimes. Now, the NCAA has responded by changing their policy.

Shabazz Napier is one of the bet college basketball players in the country. He recently took home the NCAA championship title, but the University of Connecticut point guard recently told reporters that he goes to bed “starving.” 

I have beef with Brittney Griner. It’s not because the Baylor University women’s basketball team she leads beat Notre Dame in the women’s NCAA Division 1 championship a couple of weeks ago, and I like an underdog–even if it is Notre Dame. It’s not because my beloved Tennessee Lady Volunteers were one of Baylor’s casualties […]

Colin Neary and Jasiri X (Photo by Paradise Gray) After all of the media attention around my decision to perform my song “Occupy (We the 99)” at the University of Connecticut despite the objections of the student government; they still haven’t gotten the point! At first, they were saying all the right things. According to […]

I was recently invited to perform at the University of Connecticut on November 4th as the principal performer for a “Political Awareness Rally”. About a week before the event I got an email from the organizer, who ironically I met at Occupy Wall St, saying people were concerned about my performance, particularly the song “Occupy […]

Jordan Brand Signs Maya Moore Chris, O’Leary, SLAM | May 18, 2011 Maya Moore isn’t that much different from any other fresh-out-the-collegiate-box graduate. After kicking a lot of ass in college, she landed the job she’s best suited for. Then she signed an endorsement deal with Jordan Brand, becoming the brand’s first female basketball signee. The […]

I know, I know.  I really, really need to stop blogging about basketball.  What can you expect from me if it’s practically the only thing I watch these days?  Seriously, I’m going to start weening myself off of March Madness.  I have got to kick this college basketball jones.  This will be hard, but I […]

Ford’s Insensitivity and Ignorance Bill Maxwell, St. Petersburg Times, October 25, 2009 Summit Series Targets Achievement Gap; Richardson Will Host Private Talks Journal Staff Report, Albuquerque Journal, October 24, 2009 LR district studies survival ideas if desegregation aid cut Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, October 24, 2009 Forum looks at minority youths in justice system Matthew […]