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Career trends job-seeking students should know

Students graduating from college this year should expect better job opportunities and salaries than graduates from recent history, but that doesn’t mean new graduates will have an easy time finding employment.

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Smokey Robinson shows love to Duke Ellington school

India Reynolds’ mezzo-soprano vocals resounded throughout the Kennedy Center Concert Hall as she belted out the Marvellettes’ 1966 classic hit “Don’t Mess with Bill.” She sashayed and strutted across the stage, delivering a performance of raw emotion.

Student dentists bring healthy smiles to area residents

Cynthia Livingston has been getting her teeth fixed at the Howard University College of Dentistry since she was 9 years old. Livingston won't give her current age, but it's a safe guess that was more than a few decades ago.

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Students take stand against hazing after death of student

More than 3,400 Florida A&M University (FAMU) students have signed an anti-hazing form in an effort to take a stand against hazing.

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Adderall abuse booming on college campuses

It was a night seemingly like any other during the 2009 spring semester. Then junior, chemical engineer major Jonathan Portis contemplating his countless Howard University class assignments. "I had at least two papers, a project, and I was working 40 hours a week," he said. He felt overwhelmed. That is when he turned to Adderall.

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Penn State sports, church Sex abuse scandals similar

Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno is in the middle of the university's burgeoning sex abuse scandal, and comparisons to the Roman Catholic Church's own abuse scandals are in.

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Howard student recalls marching to save Troy Davis

On September 21, 2011 I marched for Troy Davis, a 20-year inmate on death row for a crime he possibly did not commit.

Student Life Archive

  • Career trends job-seeking students should know

    Students graduating from college this year should expect better job opportunities and salaries than graduates from recent history, but that doesn’t mean new graduates will have an easy time finding employment.

  • Smokey Robinson shows love to Duke Ellington school

    India Reynolds’ mezzo-soprano vocals resounded throughout the Kennedy Center Concert Hall as she belted out the Marvellettes’ 1966 classic hit “Don’t Mess with Bill.” She sashayed and strutted across the stage, delivering a performance of raw emotion.

  • Smokey Robinson speaks prior to an assembly in his honor at Duke Ellington School.

  • Student dentists bring healthy smiles to area residents

    Cynthia Livingston has been getting her teeth fixed at the Howard University College of Dentistry since she was 9 years old. Livingston won't give her current age, but it's a safe guess that was more than a few decades ago.