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With its origins dating back to 1915 when historian and author Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and later initiated the first Negro History Week, Black History Month has been nationally recognized in this country since Pres. Ford’s official message
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Fortunately or unfortunately, every now and then we need something to shock us back into remembering that which is most important. Definitely unfortunately, often what shocks us into remembrance is tragedy. One of those moments horrifically occurred Wednesday night. We are still reeling from the shocking reality. 64 people on
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What a month… what a pace… and so we make observations, looking at January, asking what people asked… [Note: below are the first 65 Q’s we saw in the news. Note, too: not all news sources are good at asking questions.} 1. After Trudeau, Can Canadians Get Their Free
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One of the phenomenons that I can’t quite wrap my head around these days (nor years) is how much people talk about Donald J. Trump. Love him or hate him, people like to talk about him. Reverence or repugnance, people still talk; they just use contrary words, share conflicting
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Yes, one more thing. There’s a new administration, meaning a new “head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces”… a new President who is now “responsible for implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress”… And let me again say this; we will understandably have varied
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If nothing else, call it an interesting alignment of events… Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, dedicated to the equality of all people, the service of others, and caring for their physical and spiritual needs. It’s “a day on, not a day off.” As his widow, Coretta Scott
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“Great results begin with great questions” — Marilee Adams in Change Your Questions, Change Your Life I’ve long referred to the American University adjunct professor’s work as my favorite book. It probably, seemingly slightly influenced my perspective when a trusted friend gifted me a copy soon after it came
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… five football fields every minute… I’ve been trying to wrap my brain around that reality for days now, watching the fires continue to engulf Southern California. Such is how fast authorities said the fire was initially spreading with zero containment at the time. What an awful, awful thing. The
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One more thing… straight from the founder of Facebook himself… “Hey everyone. I want to talk about something important today because it's time to get back to our roots around free expression on Facebook and Instagram. I started building social media to give people a voice. I gave
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For the first time in the 16+ year existence of the Intramuralist, Facebook removed our post from their page. The explanation was that the content shared was “misleading.” Said Meta/FB: “The post may contain misleading links or content.” It was said to go against their “community standards on spam.
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No doubt those college days years ago were filled to the brim with prime learning. We didn’t know what we didn’t know, and while the classroom shaped our professional ambition, the moments outside the classroom grew us up. As beloved roommates Bridge and Nolan will still gleefully attest,
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As I was pondering our collective close to 2024, I contemplated the year’s most significant stories… …the November election… the House hearings on antisemitism that triggered 2 Ivy League president resignations… the campus protests… Bill Belichick parting ways with New England… the partial collapse of the Francis Scott Key