Too often Hip-Hop gets a bad rap (pun intended) by mainstream America, and its often powerful message gets overlooked.  Critics are too quick to point out the misogynistic references, the foul language and the poor grammar which Hip-Hop sadly, but usually, promotes.  As a result, any positive message that exists […]

Starting the week of November 14th , SUNY Old Westbury will be kicking off Commuter Appreciation Week, an entirely new program for Old Westbury students.  Commuter appreciation week will be held once a semester with a full week of seminars, lunches, and events designed toward the “commuter student in making […]

When Brazil is mentioned, people automatically think of its flavorful samba music and the spectacular carnival festival it hosts forty days before Easter. Don’t forget that it has won the most World Soccer Cups in history! The only Latin American country that speaks Portuguese, Brazil has not only proven to […]

In 2010, a Rutgers University student, Tyler Clement, committed suicide from jumping off a bridge after being bullied online about his homosexuality, after a viral video landed in the wrong hands and was posted on Facebook and Twitter. A similar story of suicide happened to a 14 year old by […]

At a time in cinema where many African-American characters are drowned in stereotypes, Life, Love, Soul directed by Noel Calloway gives a refreshing break from that tradition.  Based in a contemporary setting, we watch a coming of age story of a young man who faces tragedy and becomes wiser from […]

Have you ever seen someone going for a job interview and you ask yourself what are they wearing and why? This weekend I defiantly had a sore eye for work place fashion.. I had the privilege of assisting a friend of mine on her first job interview and was horrified […]

Sex, nudity, and androgyny; what do these topics have in common, besides being your run of the mill taboos? According to Hyewon Yi, the curator of the Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, each topic is spurned from the basic and innocent concept of the human body. “The body is what contains […]

Basketball fans may find themselves very disappointed when opening day comes this year. That’s because there likely will not be any basketball played. As we get deeper into autumn, we have already seen all games from the first two weeks of the season canceled, and unless the owners and players […]

People say I was crazy for moving out of my house at 21 years of age, but for me it was time to live on my own. Ever since I turned 15, I’ve always wanted to start making my own money because I was tired of asking my parents for […]

Coach Bernard Tomlin enters his 10th campaign as the men’s head basketball coach fired up and ready to go with a talented slew of new players. In fact, the team will see the addition of twelve new players who will join the returning four.  Although a lot of production from […]